0 shares | |
((VO-Friends))??Generally when we think of determining how trustworthy our friends are, we judge them by their??actions.
????((VO-Social Media))??Now, social media will be the judge!????((VO-WaPo Screenshot/Facebook))??Yep, you heard right...Facebook will give you a “reputation score”, according to the Washington Post...which will predict users trustworthiness on a scale from zero to 1.????((VO-Facebook))??Wow, that’s not a lot of wiggle room!????((VO-FB YT Broll))??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mmuIHiwupk??Credit: Facebook/YouTube??The Hill notes that in addition to rating users, Facebook will begin rating news outlets for the same quality, in part based on users’ evaluations.????((VO-Hacker Broll))??These changes are the latest of many updates to facebook after massive uproar over how Facebook allowed third-party developers to access user data earlier this year.????((VO-FB YT Broll))??Facebook’s product manager told The Washington Post part of “trustworthiness” score will determine whether people are flagging content in good faith or “simply because they disagree with the premise of a story.”??????((VO-Social Media/Someone on Computer))??Well it’s bad enough that we get judged in real life, now knowing that a social media site is judging me as well...makes me want to never post again!??