How to Correct Misinformation (Without Making It Worse)
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That’s the real lesson of the last 10+ years of research.
Disinfo spreads because people are human.
But humans can learn.
We don’t need to fear facts — we just need to deliver them better.
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Let’s get smart about it👇
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Coming up next:
What should we do with all this?
What have we actually learned?
And how should we correct misinformation without making it worse?
🧵 Final thread coming soon:
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🧵 Thread 2: The Backfire Effect... Doesn’t Work Like You Think
In 2020, a team of researchers reviewed a decade of data on the “Backfire Effect.”
The result?
It’s real sometimes — but rare.
And we’ve been getting it wrong.👇
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Coming up next: What happened when others tried to replicate it?
Did the backfire hold up?
Was it really that common?
Or did we overreact to a misunderstood effect?
🧵 Thread 2 drops soon:
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It was called the Backfire Effect — and it changed how we thought about facts.👇
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If you care about truth, trust, and the health of your information ecosystem...
You need to understand when correction works — and when it doesn’t.
Let’s get smarter about the fight for reality.
🧵 Thread 1 drops next.
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So what’s actually going on?
We’re breaking it down into 3 focused threads:
1️⃣ What the 2010 study found
2️⃣ What the newer science says now
3️⃣ What we’ve really learned about correction and resistance
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Spoiler: the story is more complicated than the headlines.👇
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