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Social Media Accountability Proposal: Three Strikes and You’re Viewed as a Fiction Source

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What if someone who keeps passing off made up things as facts got flagged for it?

That is the idea in this Short video. Three strikes and you are viewed as a fiction source.

It is humorous but it is also serious. It is an idea I had and one I like, not a rule that any platform has, and I am not claiming I am the first to think of it.

No AI was used to make this video. The full transcription and the questions and answers are below.

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Why Does Social Media Accountability Matter?

I would love to see accountability come to social media. My proposal is three strikes and you’re viewed as a fiction source, so that people who present opinions or unverified claims as facts are flagged. I offer it as a humorous but serious concept. It’s not some massive fix. It’s small steps that could repair things in big ways.

  • Putting out made-up things as facts, sharing things I don’t know to be facts as facts, or sharing opinions as facts counts as a strike in my idea.
  • Three strikes would mean a note on the profile or post, such as fiction or false information.
  • Anyone wanting to be seen with validity would define facts as facts and opinions as opinions.
  • What I care about the most is calling facts facts and opinions opinions, and not trying to clickbait people.

Social Media Accountability: The Full Transcription

Three Strikes and You’re Viewed as a Fiction Source

Three strikes and you’re viewed as a fiction source. This is the idea that I think could really work for social media. Three strikes and you’re viewed as a fiction source.

Facts, Opinions and Made-Up Claims

For all these people, and this is on every side, far left, far right, far in between, these people that put out things that they make up as if they are facts, or they share things that they don’t know to be facts as facts, or they share opinions as facts.

Three times you get buzzed, then your profile or the post that you have has something above going fiction or false information, or, you know, unvetted profile, something like that.

Verified Profiles and Validity

This verified profile thing, because you pay a couple bucks on one site, or you put your image on another one, or you upload a license, none of that’s important to me.

What if we had a situation where it forces someone, if they want to be seen with validity, if they want their profile to get out there, if they want to be these quote unquote influencers to get more, that they have to absolutely, by some kind of rule or law, define facts as facts and opinions as opinions.

I think this could be great for social media. I think it could be great for media as a whole.

Flagged, Less Reach, No Monetizing

And then you screw up three times, you’re flagged and viewed as such. You can’t get quite the reach, or maybe, you know what, you can’t get, you can’t monetize. I would love to see accountability come to social media. It’s not some massive fix here. It’s small steps that could repair things in big ways.

Three Strikes and You’re Out

So three strikes and you’re out. You share three things that you’re not 100 percent sure of. You, so you share something for that BS hype of claiming, oh, somebody died, or look at this, or look at this, to try to, you know, up your numbers or get paid, you get flagged and tagged for it. I’d love to see that happen. What do you think?

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Questions and Answers

What is the three strikes idea for social media?

The three strikes idea is that someone who presents made up claims or opinions as facts three times gets flagged, and after that their profile or post carries a note such as fiction or false information. I put it forward as an idea I had and one I like, not a rule that any platform has.

Who does the three strikes idea apply to?

The three strikes idea applies to anyone who presents made up claims as facts, shares something they do not know to be true as a fact, or presents an opinion as a fact. I mean it on every side, far left, far right and everyone in between.

What would happen after three strikes?

After three strikes a profile or a post would be flagged and seen that way, with less reach and possibly no monetizing. I say would because this is my idea and not something a platform does today. It is not some massive fix, and I would love to see accountability come to social media through small steps.

What part of this do you care about the most?

What I care about the most is that people call facts facts and opinions opinions, and that they stop trying to clickbait each other. In the video I use the example of claiming somebody died just to push numbers up or get paid, and in my idea that would count against you.

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Written by Loren Weisman.

Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

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