Or people sharing them saying "look how fake this is"

sarchertech · on April 7, 2017

Not the case in my situation. Unless my Facebook circle is a complete outlier full of morons, fake news is a huge problem among older conservatives.

jnordwick · on April 7, 2017

Yes, because we can generalize off of your specific example. It clearly is representative of all sharing.

sarchertech · on April 8, 2017

Since you're responding to a thread about my specific example...

I'm also willing to donate $100 to a charity of your choice if you can find evidence that a significant portion, (let's say more than 25%) of fake news being shared on Facebook is just people doing it to say "look how fake this is."

jnordwick · on April 8, 2017

What you are asking is impossible to my knowledge. I don't know of any tracking for why people share or the political affiliation of those that shared it.

This also means you argument is purely conjecture too.

sarchertech · on April 9, 2017

Of course my argument is conjecture. I based it solely on my sample size of a few hundred Facebook friends--clearly stated.

Absent other evidence to the contrary, that is enough to convince me that people sharing fake news mostly believe it.

If you have some other evidence to present--please go ahead. Do the majority of your over 45, conservative Facebook friends and family regularly share fake news just to point out that it's fake?