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Bluesky Social is a microblogging social platform being developed in conjunction with the decentralized AT Protocol. Previously invite-only, the flagship Beta app went public in February 2024. All are welcome!

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There's a reason why polls say Social Media ranks higher in trust than News today (discuss.online)

submitted 22 hours ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world

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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Social media ranking higher in trust isnt due to media accuracy. There are plenty of outlets that provide a consistent source of news. Its like the comments in here point to 5 bad news sites then smeer "news" as a whole. As if social media isnt 50x worse in every single metric.

Social Media ranks higher in trust because social media companies want users to trust the news they view on their platform. Social media "news" accounts constantly attack the reputation of traditional news outlets by pointing to bad news articles because they benefit directly from the audience losing trust.