You are looking at an article in Facebook and suddenly find out it was written a year ago? Facebook will henceforth warn you if you want to share an article older than 3 months.
It has happened to everyone. You look at the activity of a friend or relative on Facebook and you see them sharing a seemingly up-to-date piece of news with a nice and shaky headline, and when you open the link you discover that it was written three years ago and contains outdated information.
For these cases from today Facebook is launching a feature which will warn users before they share an article ageς άνω των 90 ημερών. Όταν θα κάνετε κλικ στο κουμπί της κοινοποίησης σε ένα παλιό άρθρο, θα δείτε μία ειδοποίηση. Ακόμα δεν είναι σαφές εάν λειτουργεί και με απλή αντιγραφή και επικόλληση ενός συνδέσμου. Φυσικά, αρκετές φορές οι παλιές ειδήσεις είναι ακόμα σχετικές, οπότε το Facebook θα σας επιτρέπει να μοιραστείτε το άρθρο, αν θέλετε, αφού βέβαια κάνετε κλικ στην προειδοποίηση.
Facebook states that "the timeliness of an article is an important part that helps people decide what to read, trust and share, and that they are concerned about the old news that misinterprets current events."
Think about all the headlines you read, and while you don't click on them, your perception of current events is likely influenced by what you see people sharing in their feeds. Many readers do not sit down to read an article line by line but are content with the title, let alone read the date.
The Facebook is considering other types of warning tags, such as providing additional content related to COVID-19 related articles, including the source history of the link and a link to the COVID-19 Information Center for more reliable health information.
Twitter recently implemented a feature that alerted users before sharing an unread article.
