Find Out Which Facebook Friends Are Sharing Fake News
Regardless of your political beliefs, the phrase “fake news” is one of the most unbearable, especially if you have more than one: “Isn’t anyone going to think about children? – friends who always fill your Facebook news feed with explanations for which humanity is doomed.
Between this and your other friends from Facebook, which are thrown to them to say how they are full of shit, we do not blame you for what you want time to time to rest Facebook in .
It’s easy to silence (or block) these people when they show up, but what if you want to go a little deeper? What if you want to get rid of everyone who likes to share shitty articles on Facebook? Thanks to the new Facebook feature, you can do it.
How to get more information about the articles you view on Facebook
Whenever someone links to an article from Facebook – for example, a news article from a hyper-political site you think is rubbish – you will be able to view additional information about the article and its publisher (if any). Just look for the little “i” in the lower right corner of the article image.
Click or tap it and you will receive a short bio about the publisher, as well as links to additional articles from him. In some cases, you will be able to see how many reposts have shared an article and where in the world people usually share that article (on a giant map, no less).
Most importantly, you will be able to see which of your friends are sharing the same content. This will make it much easier to identify groups of people that are creating a kind of feedback loop when someone posts something to start a fire on Facebook. After that, you can go ahead and Disconnect (or Unfriend) them all in bulk. Ah, blissful silence.
If you’re lucky, you can also learn a little more about the author of the article, which will help you decide if this is legitimate content that you want to see on your newsfeed … or not. As noted in the Facebook post :
“We are also starting a test to see if it is easier for people to assess the credibility of an article when we provide more information about the author of the article. People participating in this test will be able to click the author’s name in Instant Articles to see additional information, including a description from an author’s Wikipedia entry, a button to subscribe to their page or profile, and other recent articles they have published. This information will only appear if the publisher has embedded author tags on their website to associate an author page or profile with an article signature, and the publisher has verified its relationship with the publisher. This will start as a small test in the US and we hope to learn from the results. “
If Facebook’s “informational” feature sounds familiar to you, it’s because the company actually began beta testing the feature last October. Now everyone in the US will have the chance to learn more about what they read and who continues to share stupid content.