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"report blatantly criminal acts" The marketing campaign will be against murderers, the implementation will be against people who voted for Trump.

by VLM 10y ago

Angostura 10y ago
Why would they do that? I'm sure Trump voters click on adverts as much as anyone else.
- wyager 10y ago
  Easier to sell ads if users don't have to deal with differing opinions. Arguments are hard to avoid and disrupt the casual consumption experience. Conservative voters probably represent a much smaller portion of facebook's user base than liberal voters, given facebook's age demographics. There is definitely an assymetry in what kind of hard-line political pages are likely to get banned. They have relaxed a bit in the last few months, but many political pages constantly have to worry about "getting zucced".
- theseatoms 10y ago
  I imagine that plenty of people 'report' people after disagreeing with them politically.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  Zuckerburg has political ambitions, a little help from the Facebook moderation team might earn him a few favors. He certainly wants that infrastructure in place once he runs.
thraway2016 10y ago
[warning, mild politicking] Don't worry; now that Trump has turned out to be just another shill for Globalism, Facebook will have no problem with him or anybody who continues to support him.
- narrowrail 10y ago
  I come from significant privilege, so I won't be hurt by people dividing (and fighting among) themselves by ambiguous lines drawn in the sand. But, I don't understand how so many people that don't come from such a background think of globalism as a bad thing.
  - 24gttghh 10y ago
    Because Globalism means the extremely poor elsewhere in the world get less poor, while the relatively rich in the US get relatively less rich, and also the extremely rich in the US and elsewhere get more rich. This does not jive with a lot of people.
    - VLM 10y ago
      Observation shows the first part is promised but does not happen. All the money goes in one pocket, and as a hint to which, its not the lower or middle classes of any country.

"report blatantly criminal acts" The marketing campaign will be against murderers, the implementation will be against people who voted for Trump.

by VLM 10y ago

"report blatantly criminal acts" The marketing campaign will be against murderers, the implementation will be against people who voted for Trump.

Angostura 10y ago

Why would they do that? I'm sure Trump voters click on adverts as much as anyone else.

wyager 10y ago
Easier to sell ads if users don't have to deal with differing opinions. Arguments are hard to avoid and disrupt the casual consumption experience. Conservative voters probably represent a much smaller portion of facebook's user base than liberal voters, given facebook's age demographics. There is definitely an assymetry in what kind of hard-line political pages are likely to get banned. They have relaxed a bit in the last few months, but many political pages constantly have to worry about "getting zucced".
theseatoms 10y ago
I imagine that plenty of people 'report' people after disagreeing with them politically.
cmdrfred 10y ago
Zuckerburg has political ambitions, a little help from the Facebook moderation team might earn him a few favors. He certainly wants that infrastructure in place once he runs.

thraway2016 10y ago

[warning, mild politicking] Don't worry; now that Trump has turned out to be just another shill for Globalism, Facebook will have no problem with him or anybody who continues to support him.

narrowrail 10y ago
I come from significant privilege, so I won't be hurt by people dividing (and fighting among) themselves by ambiguous lines drawn in the sand. But, I don't understand how so many people that don't come from such a background think of globalism as a bad thing.
- 24gttghh 10y ago
  Because Globalism means the extremely poor elsewhere in the world get less poor, while the relatively rich in the US get relatively less rich, and also the extremely rich in the US and elsewhere get more rich. This does not jive with a lot of people.
  - VLM 10y ago
    Observation shows the first part is promised but does not happen. All the money goes in one pocket, and as a hint to which, its not the lower or middle classes of any country.