Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (previously generally known as Twitter) expanded its Group Notes’ contributor positions to India on Thursday. With this improvement, Indian customers can apply to change into contributors to this open-source moderation software to fee and overview posts which are deceptive or are spreading misinformation. Group Notes was formally launched in November 2022 however on the time of launch, moderators have been solely chosen from just a few international locations. Now, with the addition of India, the software has contributors from 69 international locations.
The announcement was made through a post by the official account of Group Notes. It stated, “Welcome new contributors in India. Our first contributors are becoming a member of right now, and we’ll be increasing over time. As all the time, we’ll monitor high quality to make sure that notes are discovered useful by individuals from completely different factors of view.” Musk additionally posted concerning the improvement.
Turning into a Group Notes contributor is straightforward however customers should fulfill some eligibility standards. As per X tips, the consumer will need to have joined the platform a minimum of six months in the past, have a verified cellphone quantity from a trusted cellphone provider, and haven’t any current platform guidelines violations. The account shouldn’t be related to different Group Notes accounts.
As soon as these necessities are met, customers can apply to change into contributors here. The method simply requires highlighting the languages a consumer is proficient in and agreeing to X’s phrases and situations. Nevertheless, one factor to notice is after becoming a member of as a contributor customers won’t straight have the ability to overview or fee posts. Contributors will solely have the ability to fee Group Notes to indicate how useful they’re. Based mostly on the regularity of score notes and accuracy in assessing the posts, a consumer can later be contacted by the platform to change into a contributor who writes Group Notes for others to fee.
Curiously, earlier than November 2022, Group Notes was generally known as Birdwatch. Birdwatch was launched in 2020 as a moderation software to determine and debunk misinformation and propaganda. Nevertheless, after Musk took cost of the social media platform, he rebranded the software and made it open-source. X states that the function is just not managed by it and solely customers fee and overview posts. Additional, the platform publishes all of the Group Notes knowledge day by day which could be downloaded for inspection.
