DIRT maintains accuracy at scale because every contributor needs to deposit tokens to write data. If the data is correct, it is freely shared. If the data is incorrect, anyone can challenge the data and earn tokens for identifying these inaccurate facts. Our protocol and platform makes it economically irrational for misinformation to persist in a data set.
We are quickly hitting a saturation point with “fake news.” As the term — and its corollary “post-truth” — continue to be flung about and applied to discredit almost everything we don’t agree with…
The Law of Incorrect Tweets:
Initial, inaccurate information will be retweeted more than any subsequent correction.
If you understand the dynamic, you may be more likely to change it. One cause: Incorrect information is bound to be more provocative and interesting than a correction. The other cause is that too little attention is paid to making corrections on Twitter.
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