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X (formerly Twitter) this week changed<\/a> how its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature works. In the new design, users will be able to review all the notes that have been proposed as annotations to an X post, rather than just the one note they\u2019re currently reviewing. In other words, it will allow contributors to consider other notes before leaving their rating \u2014 and possibly, could convince them to change their mind.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a subtle tweak but one that could influence Community Notes contributors to consider different viewpoints, rather than simply agreeing with the crowd that a note is helpful \u2014 which means the note is displayed publicly to X\u2019s users below the post as a crowdsourced fact-check.<\/p>\n

X says this change was needed as \u201cit\u2019s important that contributors have as much helpful information as possible,\u201d when rating notes.<\/p>\n

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When rating a note, it\u2019s important that contributors have as much helpful information available as possible. Starting today, when contributors tap \u201cRate it\u201d on a note, they\u2019ll be taken to a page listing all note proposals, instead of just the note they\u2019re looking at.
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\u2014 Community Notes (@CommunityNotes) September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

However, it\u2019s also a way to put alternative points of view in front of contributors, which could change their thinking or add to confusion over which of the proposed notes is actually the most helpful and the most accurate. Feedback on X was largely positive over the update, but it remains to be seen in practice if this will lead to more contributors possibly changing their minds and selecting other, alternative notes as more helpful instead of the one they\u2019re currently viewing.<\/p>\n

Even in the example X provided, there are two notes presented where both could be considered helpful. One corrects misinformation in a tweet by noting that whales are, in fact, mammals, while the other says a note isn\u2019t needed because the account is a parody account. Both notes are actually true \u2014 but the latter could encourage Community Note contributors to remove the added context from a tweet.<\/p>\n

This could get more complicated if the parody account was of a political nature and the statements that \u201cdon\u2019t need correction\u201d are misinformation one side is trying to spread. Removing the note in that case, simply because it\u2019s a parody account, could be more harmful if users didn\u2019t bother to check the account\u2019s bio where the account disclosed its parody nature.<\/p>\n

Community Notes first launched as Birdwatch in 2021<\/a>, prior to Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of the network formerly known as Twitter. One of the platform\u2019s more innovative features, the system uses an algorithm that looks to find consensus across groups where there are differing points of view before it highlights the crowdsourced fact-checks to other users. In addition, Community Notes contributors first have to prove they\u2019re capable by rating notes as helpful or not helpful and earning points when their rating ends up in alignment with the larger community\u2019s final decision.<\/p>\n

The system has continued to be updated under Musk\u2019s ownership, having recently launched Community Notes for videos<\/a>, among other changes designed to streamline the process<\/a> and address low-quality <\/a>contributions.<\/a><\/p>\n

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