Abstract
Fact-check spread is usually performed by a plain tweet with just the link. Since it is not proper human behavior, it may cause uncanny, hinder the reader’s attention and harm the counter-propaganda influence. This paper presents a profile of fact-check link spread in Twitter (suiting for TRL-1) and, as an additional outcome, proposes a preliminary behavior design based on it (suiting for TRL-2). The underlying hypothesis is by simulating human-like behavior, a bot gets more attention and exerts more influence on its followers.
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Intuition has been a controversial due to some authors opposed it to reason, however intuition is the highest skill level attained when the skill is internalized not requiring extensive councious reasoning. Applied to problem-solving, it the ability to see a solution beforehand.
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Overtechnology is an anti-pattern similar to overengineering or overuseofpatterns and related to bleedingedge and goldplating. It is the act of designing an artifact to be more “technological” than the necessary for its intended use, often due to marketing purpose or technological obfuscation.
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This work has been supported by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2019.
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Marcondes, F.S., Almeida, J.J., Durães, D., Novais, P. (2020). Fact-Check Spreading Behavior in Twitter: A Qualitative Profile for False-Claim News. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1160. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_16
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