Last month, Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced major changes to its content moderation policies. The removal of fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes was one of them. Meta even started testing the feature for Threads a week after the CEO announced the changes. Now, Meta is inviting you to become a contributor to its Community Notes feature.
As you may know, Meta hasn’t launched the Community Notes feature just yet. However, the company might release a beta version of it very soon. So, if you are interested in helping Meta combat misinformation on three of its platforms, this is your time.
A section of the webpage dedicated to Meta’s Community Notes feature invites you to contribute to the feature when it’s available. Starting today, you can join the waitlist to become a Community Notes contributor for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
But, there are some rules to joining the waitlist. First of all, you should be based in the US and over 18 years old. Secondly, you should have a Meta account older than six months and in good standing. Lastly, you should have either a verified phone number or two-factor authentication for such an account. Meta says it will start to “admit eligible contributors off the waitlist when the Community Notes beta launches.”
Here’s how the feature will work on Facebook, Instagram & Threads
Meta’s Community Notes contributors will be able to write and submit a note with background information upon finding a post with inaccurate or confusing details. Contributors can also leave a tip or an insight that they think might be useful for the platform’s users. Do note that the notes submitted by a contributor can’t be longer than 500 characters and must include a link.
The social media tech giant has confirmed that it hasn’t decided which post will get Community Notes. Therefore, the written note must be rated by enough contributors, hinting it to be useful, before it can be published under a post. All that said, if you’re fed up with misinformation emerging from Meta platforms, you can finally make a difference.
