#Truth is important, but not as much as how we get to that truth. People used to believe, based on religions, that the sun rotates around the earth, until it was - despite fierce objection - disproven with science.
To dispel lies and promote truth, education is key. We must learn - and teach - that truth does not come from some popularity contest or word of the mouth, but from objective inquiries, observations, and analysis.
Looking at you, #truthsocial and #eunomia!
@austin Very interesting comment and indeed we should care a lot about the how. At the least for the latter of the two initiatives, the approach recommended is published: https://eunomia.social/383efc3710ab6e38bd4de41ddf5f6402.png
@neudre I am using the two as negative examples, not initiatives. Just by looking at the image, Eunomia, a datamining operation, evaluates "truth" for you (based on the metrics which it perceives), on top of an easily-abuseable upvote/downvote system. So it's both subjective and a popularity contest. People should learn how to seek truth (and critical thinking) instead of being blindly told what is truth (explicitly, or implicitly by metrics) by a big brother.
@austin I understood what you meant, but it doesn't evaluate truth. By default, it only nudges you when the content of a post has been seen before in the past, because it usually is important when you evaluate trustworthiness. It doesn't even take into account votes unless you explicitly look through the settings and ask it to add it in the criteria.
@neudre I guess it is less subtle that way, but I do not wish to argue about the actual practices since I'm not as familiar on them as a maker of the project. We each will reserve our opinions. Thank you for participating in the discussion.
Thank you both for making me aware of #eunomiaproject and some opinions about it. I need to look into this further.
At least we can all agree that #truthsocial is a dumpster fire and a sad example of our ailing times.
