Misinformation spreads on social media when users engage with it, but users can also respond to correct it. Using an experimental design, we examine how exposure to misinformation and correction on Twitter about unpasteurized milk affects participants’ likelihood of responding to the misinformation, and we code open-ended responses to see what participants would say if they did respond. Results suggest that participants are overall unlikely to reply to the misinformation tweet. However, content analysis of hypothetical replies suggests they largely do provide correct information, especially after seeing other corrections. These results suggest that user corrections offer untapped potential in responding to misinformation on social media but effort must be made to consider how users can be mobilized to provide corrections given their general unwillingness to reply.

当用户使用社交媒体时，错误信息会在社交媒体上传播，但用户也可以做出响应以纠正错误信息。通过实验设计，我们检查了Twitter上有关未经巴氏消毒的牛奶的错误信息和纠正的影响如何影响参与者对错误信息做出响应的可能性，并且我们对开放式响应进行编码，以查看参与者是否回答了。结果表明，参与者总体上不太可能回答错误信息推文。但是，对假设答复的内容分析表明，它们在很大程度上提供了正确的信息，尤其是在看到其他更正之后。