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- Name
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- Field
- Computational social science
- Year
- 2018
- Main topic
- How misinformation propagates on social platforms
- Key idea
- False news spreads faster, farther, and deeper than true news, largely driven by humans, not bots.
- Why it matters
- If you touch feeds, notifications, or sharing, this is the cautionary tale you should have in your head.
- Best for
- Feed ranking, moderation policy, and virality mechanics.
- Difficulty
- Medium — data-heavy but well explained.
- My take
- Reads like a postgame breakdown of a blowout loss where the defense (us) never adjusted to the fast break (misinfo).
- Reading tip
- Focus on the main figures and their explanations; you don’t need every methodological detail to get the story.
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