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asbruckman OP t1_iwbqgtx wrote

Reply to comment by Dazzling-Climate-318 in People who post stories marked false by Snopes on Reddit fall into five groups: Reason to Disagree, Changed Belief, Steadfast Non-Standard Belief, Sharing to Debunk, and Sharing for Humor. Reducing misinformation requires different approaches for each group. by asbruckman

Actually I think our findings suggest that you need different approaches to helping someone who is rational (Reason to Disagree) than someone who is not (Persistent False Belief). That's the point.

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Dazzling-Climate-318 t1_iwbxazn wrote

“Persistent False Belief” does not appear to be one of the categories listed in the findings. Is that an alternative name for one or more of the categories?

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asbruckman OP t1_iwby0fh wrote

Oh sorry--that was the term we used in an earlier draft of the paper, and it's stuck in my head. We changed it to "Steadfast Non-Standard Belief." That's a much better term because we're not necessarily saying their belief is wrong--just that it's non-standard.

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Dazzling-Climate-318 t1_iwbyat4 wrote

I believe the term used in the article is “steadfast non-standard belief”. Please refer back to the published version of the article.

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