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End users really need to just be more skeptical. Big names need to register their own domain and point people to those places.
That's.... The opposite of a solution.
This is how you make systemic problems worse, not better.
Humans are largely morons, you can't fix this. But you can fix the systems they interact with to avoid their vulnerabilities from being taken advantage of.
But how much do I trust the central authority that would be in charge of implementing that?
Personally, we, individual people, should just be calling out others spreading BS. There's been more then a few times someone has brought me something fishy sounding, I've responded with "and did you hear about that on facebook?"
Trust it as much as it shows itself to have your interests in mind, or how well you judge it to be working towards the intended purpose.
I don't necessarily trust info that claims to have my interest in mind because that how con artists approach their marks. They find a common problem, then confidently proclaim that have the perfect solution.
I said "shows itself to" not "claims it does". Big difference.
Is there a difference on social media? Unless they cite sources or I independently verify it, how are those different?
I thought we were talking about trusting or not trusting the "central authority"? I think you're thinking about trusting individual posters or not.
Both. I don't trust a central authority to make judgments on who to or not to trust on social media and I don't trust individuals who post anything other then shallow opinions. If I make some heavy claim online, I always post a source when possible.
We're already seeing how accentual authorizes are demonetizing posts for using words that advertisers don't like. I saw a discussion on the nazi imagery used for villains in a certain show get autobanned for promoting hate speech.
Sounds like you shouldn't trust those people then. We are in agreement.