All right. How Facebook users have spoken in one word with the misinformation

The pitfalls of the Internet have long been not only viruses and fraud, but unfortunately also misinformation and other harmful or even dangerous content. The technology giants behind the largest social networks and platforms say they are trying to solve the problem. Outwardly, however, it seems that misinformation on the Internet is only increasing. Some even claim that companies like Facebook support the spread of dangerous and hateful content to their advantage.

It is not necessary to spend thousands of euros to fight misinformation. Just use one word

Whether Facebook is trying to encourage or stop the spread of malicious content, the fact is that a number of such posts still appear on its social network on a daily basis. In addition, they are often shared by public figures with thousands of followers. The group of users therefore decided to take the problem of misinformation into their own hands and founded the group Dobre, while its simple name also describes its whole essence.

Members of the newly formed group regularly share posts containing misinformation or other hateful or simply stupid content. They then move to the comments below the content and memorize them well.

The founder of the group wanted to show users that disagreement can be expressed without hatred

At first glance, this may sound even less effective than the ways in which Facebook fights harmful content, but in less than three days, the group managed to remove, for example, Richard Vašeček’s comment commenting on the proposal to tighten abortions. According to the group’s founder Patrick Lenghart, who works as a publicist and doctoral student in media studies, it’s still better than simply ignoring this type of content.

“We have noticed that the Internet is a place full of toxic waste. Hatred, aggression and attacks are typical tools of Internet communication, and therefore the vast majority of decent people choose silence to avoid conflict. We think this is a big problem. ” stated for the Startitup portal.

At the same time, it tries to show other users of the social network that disagreement with the opinions of others can be expressed even without hatred and attack.

“We do this so that people on the Internet can see that there is an alternative to hatred, which is decency with a pinch of humor.”

His idea became popular very quickly and currently the group has just over nine thousand members. Well-known names such as Tomáš Kriššák from the #SomTu initiative, Katarína Kat, a well-known Slovak PR manager, Kristína Nemcová, a television reporter, and Dominik Radler, a human rights activist, also help him manage the group.