Meta tests letting anyone request or rate Community Notes — what it means
Meta is piloting new Community Notes features that let any user request a note on a post or rate whether an existing note is helpful. The company will also notify users who previously interacted (liked, commented, or shared) with a post if that post later receives a Community Note.
Key facts
- Anyone can now request a Community Note or rate if a note is helpful.
- Users are notified when posts they’ve interacted with receive a Community Note.
- Guy Rosen says there are 70,000+ contributors and 15,000+ notes written, of which about 6% have been published.
Background
Community Notes—Meta’s crowdsourced system that replaced its previous fact-checking program—has been expanded to open more participation. While anyone can signal that a note is useful or request a note, writing Community Notes still requires an application.
Why it matters
The change increases user input into what context gets appended to posts, and the notification feature helps alert people who may have seen misleading content. However, critics note that Community Notes’ effectiveness vs. traditional fact-checking remains unclear: only a small share of drafted notes are published, and past implementations on other platforms showed limited impact on misinformation.
Concerns and context
Observers have flagged broader policy shifts at Meta since major political events, and some argue that crowdsourced notes—while framed as pro-free speech—may not match the reach or corrective power of formal fact-checking programs. The low publication rate (about 6%) suggests Meta is still refining the process.
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