Details of the feature to add X (formerly Twitter)-like community notes to Instagram, Facebook, and Threads have been revealed, and X's algorithm will not allow community notes to be added to ads



It has been revealed that the ' Community Notes ' feature, which allows users to add supplementary information to other people's posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, will be available from March 18, 2025. Community Notes cannot be added to advertising posts, but can be added to any non-advertising posts, such as posts by politicians and celebrities. It has also been revealed that the feature utilizes X's Community Notes algorithm.

Introducing Community Notes - Adding Context to Posts | Meta

https://about.meta.com/technologies/community-notes

Testing Begins for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads | Meta
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/03/testing-begins-community-notes-facebook-instagram-threads/

Meta has announced that it will introduce Community Notes as a replacement for third-party fact-checking on January 7, 2025. The launch date for Community Notes has been set for March 18, 2025, and the details of the feature have also been announced.

The screen for adding a community note to Threads is below. You can add a community note as part of the action for a post. Community notes can be added to all content except advertising posts, and can also be added to posts by Meta official accounts, Meta executives, politicians, and celebrities.



Community notes can be up to 500 characters long and require a URL for the source of information in addition to the character limit.



To post a community note, users must be 18 years of age or older, have enabled phone number authentication or two-factor authentication, have an account that has been open for more than six months, are in good standing, and live in the United States. The app supports English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, and Portuguese, with plans to add more languages in the future.



Community notes are not reflected immediately after posting, but must be rated by other users. Ratings are given in two options, 'Helpful' or 'Not Helpful,' and are determined based on each user's rating preferences, not by majority vote.



Below is an example of how a community note is displayed on Instagram. The community note is displayed at the bottom of the post, and you can tap to see the details. In this case, the name of the person who posted the community note is not displayed.



The third-party fact-checking feature limited the number of times posts deemed to be false were viewed, essentially acting as a censorship function. On the other hand, the community note feature does not limit the number of times a post is viewed, and it has been clearly stated that the number of views will not be affected even if a community note is added.

Meta also revealed that it uses the Community Note algorithm published by X as the basis for its Community Note. In response to Meta's announcement, X stated, 'We have been improving our Community Note for years, with a philosophy of transparency. X's Community Note algorithm and program are open source and available for anyone to use. This allows Meta to use a program that is already established and has academic research on it as its foundation.' In addition, X allows community notes to be added to advertising posts, and there are some differences between the service formats of X and Meta's Community Note.




The algorithm for X's community notes can be found at the following link.

GitHub - twitter/communitynotes: Documentation and source code powering Twitter's Community Notes
https://github.com/twitter/communitynotes



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