Coleman: Community Notes rejected using journalists to avoid curated editorial decisions
Keith Coleman · An inside look at X’s Community Notes | Keith Coleman & Jay Baxter · Feb 27, 2025 · at 9:58
Keith Coleman, VP of Product at X, discusses the founding product decisions behind Community Notes and why the platform chose crowdsourcing over professional fact-checkers.
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“Initially, some people inside the company were suggesting like, Hey, why don't you have journalists or, you know, some select group be the first participants, but Very specifically, we're like, no, that's like, we're trying to move away from the idea of curated editorial decisions being made around this. This is supposed to be open to everyone.”
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