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Limitations of Socially Driven News

Gadgets & Tech – A number of my friends from Digg pointed out a story to me today that epitomizes several very important limitations to socially driven news. The following story made it to the front-page of Digg.com within 2 and a half hours of being submitted, and as I am writing this piece, the story is still on the front-page of Digg.

Tags: digg, social news, fake news, limitations, social bookmarking

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This is more proof of the importance of going to a reliable source for information.

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Absolutely. I think that the only limitation of social news is that the people who take part aren't trained journlists, so they don't verify facts or sources.

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