{"id":66100,"date":"2014-08-19T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T05:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=66100"},"modified":"2014-08-19T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T05:45:02","slug":"facebook-testing-satire-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/66100\/facebook-testing-satire-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook testing “satire” tags"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook said on Monday that it is testing a way to let members know when articles posted to the social network are tongue-in-cheek instead of hand-on-heart.<\/p>\n

Evidently, users of the world’s leading social network need a bit of help when it comes to discerning truth from fiction in the form of satire crafted to pushed boundaries of credulity.<\/p>\n

Facebook told AFP they are testing a “satire” tag to go in front of links to satirical articles that pop up in news feeds at the service.<\/p>\n

“This is because we received feedback that people wanted a clearer way to distinguish satirical articles from others in these units,” a Facebook spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Website literallyunbelievable.org lists a cornucopia of seemingly serious responses at Facebook to blatantly satirical stories, including pieces from The Onion, which specializes in the fake news genre.<\/p>\n

More on Facebook<\/h3>\n

Facebook didn\u2019t mean to upset you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook in hot water over user experiment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook is going to track you across the web<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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