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Facebook tests 'satire' tag, makes the Internet slightly less confusing (and less fun) |
August 16, 2014
Savvy Web users know to check the source of an article before believing if its true: If the source happens to be a website named for a certain root vegetable, odds are that it’s satire. But apparently Facebook has seen enough of having its users actually believe that your coworkers will hate you for using a standing desk, and is testing a new tag that will identify such articles as satirical.According to Ars Technica, Facebook now flags articles from The Onion that appear in the Related Articles newsfeed box—for a small number of users, anyway—with a tag that reads “[Satire].”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2465630/facebook-tests-satire-tag-makes-the-internet-slightly-less-confusing-and-less-fun.html#tk.rss_all
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