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OrbitalATK t1_iw7u5m6 wrote

Reply to comment by asbruckman in People who post stories marked false by Snopes on Reddit fall into five groups: Reason to Disagree, Changed Belief, Steadfast Non-Standard Belief, Sharing to Debunk, and Sharing for Humor. Reducing misinformation requires different approaches for each group. by asbruckman

> But all the people who shared X is an identifiable group?

I guess if the goal was to understand why they posted misinformation, and then see what the reaction would be to presenting the user with information that is the case.

> And also, not enough folks share the same story to make a study.

I've certainly seen articles (with misinformation) posted hundreds of times (the 'other discussion' page is quite helpful at finding that). I bet you could find at least 21 individuals for that (since that was the sample size here).

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