X, formerly Twitter, streamlines its crowdsourced fact-checking system Community Notes
the streamlining of the crowdsourced fact-checking feature Community Notes by Elon Musk-owned X (formerly known as Twitter). The key points are:
- Community Notes will remove detailed explanations for experienced users.
- The feature will continue to provide explanations for new users.
- The change reflects the growing understanding of the fact-checking process.
- Community Notes use a "bridging" algorithm to find consensus among diverse contributors.
- Users must prove their capability to write helpful notes to become contributors.
- Community Notes cannot be edited or modified by X's team members.
- Musk has praised Community Notes as a gamechanger for accuracy on Twitter.
- Community Notes have become a focus of development as other areas of Twitter have been cut or revamped.