Says the community notes feature is awesome and the goal is making Twitter the most accurate source of information regardless of politics.
"The community notes feature is awesome."
How does Community Notes work?
Q1149 answers2022-2023
Short answer
He says the goal is getting as many people as possible providing accurate information and correcting what is not.
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Says Community Notes correcting him shows it can correct anyone, and that the label on his post was right.
"If Community Notes can correct me, then obviously they can correct anyone. This is a good example. They were right to add the label."
Community Notes is a competition for truth: the people of Earth compete to provide the most accurate information. He called it a very powerful concept.
"I think it's a very powerful concept to have a competition for truth"
Calls Community Notes a game changer for combating wrong information.
"In general, Community Notes is a game changer for combating wrong information."
He apologizes for rate limiting, saying scraping was bringing the system to its knees.
"sorry for the inconvenience of the rate limiting but it was either that or Twitter doesn't work"
Community Notes does not delete anything; it simply adds context. A note is shown only when people who have historically disagreed agree.
"it doesn't actually delete anything, it simply adds context"
For a note to be shown, people who have historically disagreed must agree. He said the batting average is extremely good.
"in order for a note to be shown, people who have historically disagreed must agree"
He cites the police saying that every crime has at least three stories: the victim's, the perpetrator's and the truth.
"for any given crime there are at least three stories. The victim, the perpetrator, perpetrator and the truth."
He says the goal is getting as many people as possible providing accurate information and correcting what is not.
"how do we get as many people as possible participating in providing information that's accurate, correcting information that is not accurate."