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What do I think about Community Notes?

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The last two years of Twitter X have been tumultuous, to say the least. After the platform was bought not bought bought by Elon Musk for $44 billion last year, Elon enacted sweeping changes to the company's staffing, content moderation and business model, not to mention changes to the culture on the site that may well have been a result of Elon's soft power more than any specific policy decision. But in the middle of these highly contentious actions, one new feature on Twitter grew rapidly in importance, and seems to be beloved by people across the political spectrum: Community Notes. Community Notes is a fact-checking tool that sometimes attaches context notes, like the one on Elon's tweet above, to tweets as a fact-checking and anti-misinformation tool. It was originally called Birdwatch, and was first rolled out as a pilot project in January 2021. Since then, it has expanded in stages, with the most rapid phase of its expansion coinciding with Twitter's takeover by Elon last year. T

Dark Mode Toggle What do I think about Community Notes? 2023 Aug 16 See all posts What do I think about Community Notes? Special thanks to Dennis Pourteaux and Jay Baxter for feedback and review. The last two years of Twitter X have been tumultuous, to say the least. After the platform was bought not bought bought by Elon Musk for $44 billion last year, Elon enacted sweeping changes to the company's staffing , content moderation and business model , not to mention changes to the culture on the site that may well have been a result of Elon's soft power more than any specific policy decision. Bu

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