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Man... just wow. My immediate impression of this was how great the divide is on media between the left and the right. I don't know how much of this is attribu
by bmelton 10y ago
Man... just wow. My immediate impression of this was how great the divide is on media between the left and the right. I don't know how much of this is attributable to standard ad targeting, some facebook interest algorithm or what, but man, the divide is huge.
My second impression here though is perhaps the more impactful -- most of what I'm seeing is just ugly, ugly headlines, and in both the red and blue columns. I don't know what I did right in my life that these headlines aren't currently the kind that I'm seeing in my news and Facebook feeds, but thank heavens I did it.
It's really no wonder that people are mad about things -- these headlines are basically begging them to be.
- tshibley 10y agoWhen clicks drive profit headlines and stories take a noticeable dive in my opinion.
- mmalone 10y agoAnd Facebook emphasizes the headline keeping the person who shared it and the actual source relatively obscured. 99% of people only see the picture and the headline.
- throwawayReply 10y agoIf you read the "methodology" they explain this isn't example feeds of what a left-inclined or right-inclined person would see, this is instead a sample of "most shared from sources tagged very right" and "most shared from sources tagged very left". This really isn't "what a right wing person sees on facebook".