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The Birdwatch moderation program has introduced a few new names for contributors.
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The company announced in a post Monday that it is introducing aliases for participants in its Birdwatch moderation tool so they don't have to include their usernames in notes. The pilot of Birdwatch was launched in January by the social media platform as a way to crowd source fact-checking on the internet. The company said contributors in the pilot Birdwatch program preferred to contribute under an assumed name. The preference was strongest for women and Black contributors.
Introducing Birdwatch aliases! We want everyone to feel comfortable contributing to Birdwatch, and that's why we let you write and rate notes under a different name.
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November 22, 2021.
The research shows that aliases can reduce bias by focusing on the content of the note rather than the author. It found that aliases can help people feel comfortable crossing partisan lines.
Birdwatch is a pilot program that allows users to fact-check and add notes on their own. Birdwatch participants can rate each other on their notes. The public Birdwatch website displays the notes on a public basis. The Birdwatch program requires applicants to act in good faith and be helpful to those who disagree, as conditions for participating. Do not try to change the system.
Birdwatch profile pages were being rolled out to make sure the change doesn't come at the expense of accountability. Users will be able to see past Birdwatch contributions, and contributors will beaccountable to the ratings their notes receive.
All previous contributions will appear to come from whatever name they choose, not their Twitter usernames, for people who contributed under their usernames prior to Monday. If someone who read one of your notes remembered the name that wrote it, they could possibly infer your identity, the company noted.
