1. Should we remind ourselves that Facebook played in active role in helping Obama get re-elected in 2012 and that they have helped numerous Democrat candidates and that they tried but failed to get Hillary elected in 2016 and that Facebook has been one of the best weapons the Dems have ever had?
2. Or, should we remind ourselves that all Lefties are sandbox bullies and hypocrites and if we can't play with their stacked deck....WAAAAA! SAD FACE! TEARS! ANGER!
3. Or should we remind ourselves (and remind the hypocrites at the risk that they might unfriend us?) that the success of Facebook is dependent on its demographic targeting? Does anyone believe that FB's stock price rose 5-fold since its IPO because of all the dumbass memes that originate there? Just last week, even before Cambridge Analytica was page 1, my chiropractor demonstrated to me the efficacy of FB advertising on his business computer. For a reasonable price, he could target potential patients based on geography, other pertinent demographics, professed interests and ailments. So much better than Google Ads.
I have known quite a few business people who believe FACEBOOK IS ALL! There are Facebook gurus all over YouTube. Facebook is successful because it allows realtors and chiropractors to do what Cambridge Analytics did in 2016. Without the tools of targeting, Facebook is AOL circa 1995.
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: 'They Were on Our Side'
A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign.
In a Sunday tweet thread, Carol Davidsen, former director of integration and media analytics for Obama for America, said the 2012 campaign led Facebook to “suck out the whole social graph” and target potential voters. They would then use that data to do things like append their email lists.
What we already knew...All the tech giants aided and abetted both Hillary and Obama as well as the Democratic Party: Google/YouTube, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook...the list goes on and on. This article offers a brief summary of the ongoing assistance that was largely portrayed as Dem superior tech savvy, insight into human nature, and higher collective IQ. Of course, when Trump allies did something similar, data had been weaponized.
Hypocrisy can still shock us when all else fails.
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