Community Notes, Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking program, is now open to contributors in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Twitter said last weekend that it was growing its contributor base by 10% each week by bringing new individuals into the program. The social media company has also promised to include people from other countries.
Community Notes are intended to help users add context to Tweets via links and reports. The program is widely used to debunk and correct claims made in popular tweets.
Last year, Twitter introduced a social fact-checking program called Birdwatch in the United States. In September, Twitter began adding more contributors just before the US midterm elections. A month later, notes added by contributors are now visible to everyone in the United States.
After Elon Musk took control of Twitter, he renamed ‘Birdwatch’ to ‘Community Notes’ — despite former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey idea It’s “the most boring Facebook name ever.”Musk said the project “It’s a game changer for improving your accuracy on Twitter.”
In December, the social network announced that it would open its community notes to people around the world. However, the contributions were from users based outside the United States. If you want to join the program, Twitter requires you to have a verified phone number and his six-month-old account.
However, one requirement that seems to keep people away is “reliable network provider”. Many people complain that their networks are not eligible and that Twitter does not have a list of trusted carriers. The company may exclude carriers that facilitate spam accounts through SMS-based authentication. However, in doing so, you should be transparent about the process and work with your network provider to avoid spam.
Last week, these notes also began appearing under Quoted Tweets in the iOS app and web.
Over the past few months, Twitter has also made some adjustments to its community notes algorithm. Types of notes for contributors,Stabilization contribution impact score.
After acquiring Musk, Twitter cut thousands of full-time and contract employees. This includes people involved in trust and safety and content moderation. This has impacted social networks’ ability to filter out harmful content, resulting in the inability to retain high-value advertisers on the platform. So it’s no surprise that the company is pushing a program to hold users accountable for fact-checking.
