Community Notes in Discourse to Combat Misinformation

To further enhance content accuracy, I propose a Community Notes feature similar to Twitter (X), allowing trusted users to add context to potentially misleading posts.

Key Features:

  • Eligibility: Only users above a certain trust level (e.g., TL2+) can submit notes.
  • Voting Mechanism: Notes gain visibility through upvotes from diverse users; misleading notes are downvoted or flagged.
  • Transparency & Oversight: Notes remain public, with logged contributions to prevent abuse.

Benefits:

  • Improves Accuracy: Provides factual clarifications rather than punitive measures.
  • Empowers Users: Decentralizes misinformation handling beyond moderators.
  • Scalable: Can be implemented as an optional plugin.


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