Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to 1.

    The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed over the past year, shows that the fight against the gaming of tech systems has evolved to include measuring the credibility of users to help identify malicious actors..."

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/tech...-users-scale-zero-one/?utm_term=.00cfcb4a7ae6
     
  2. reasonablePrivacy

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    Where can I check what is a credibility of my fake name account?
     
  3. ProTruckDriver

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    "Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to 1".

    Is this a joke? Facebook = Trustworthiness. :eek:
     
  4. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Like most things on social media - popularity = trustworthiness. Complete and utter nonsense.
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  5. guest

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    About that Facebook trust ranking
    The company no one trusts is… automating how it trusts users.
    August 24, 2018

    https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/24/about-that-facebook-trust-ranking/
     
  6. Fad

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    The irony is breathtaking.
     
  7. lolnothankyou

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    From an investing point of view it won't look good if millions of fake accounts turn out to be untrustworthy.
     
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