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>I guess the other question is why this hasn't been any news yet. But the answer might be that 10 years ago Tech wasn't much in the news because it was just not

>I guess the other question is why this hasn't been any news yet. But the answer might be that 10 years ago Tech wasn't much in the news because it was just not interesting for most people. This 100% untrue: https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-interne... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/10/exclusive-how-democrats-won-the-data-war-in-2008/27647/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/10/exclusi... These are only two links but let me assure you if you're interested google is full of articles from the 2008 election talking about how vital the internet and data was to the Obama strategy. I very clearly remember these articles and many others at the time talking about the new "big data" strategies utilized in both 2008 and 2012. To me that is what makes this whole "we scraped data and stole the election for trump" narrative seem extremely suspicious.

vanderZwan 9y ago
> To me that is what makes this whole "we scraped data and stole the election for trump" narrative seem extremely suspicious. Suspicious of what? Be more clear about what you're trying to say here please. Because I hope it's not that people didn't complain enough when Obama did it, and therefore now nobody can? (aside from the fact that I did complain, because I complain about all advertising, but that's not the point)
blablabla123 9y ago
The first one links to NYTimes Blog though. I mean now you see on general news coverage about cellphone chip companies -- absolutely uninteresting 10 years ago. Apparently voters were already manipulated to some degree at that time. But now it got even more. But at the same time technology immersed to much into day to day life that everybody is also interested in pure technology news. On the other hand all journalists become more technical at the same time, so they have to digest some stuff from the past. Obviously even older news... I guess it's fair to say that Techcrunch or ZDNet are not exactly great sources for usage of Big Data in politics...

vanderZwan 9y ago

> To me that is what makes this whole "we scraped data and stole the election for trump" narrative seem extremely suspicious. Suspicious of what? Be more clear about what you're trying to say here please. Because I hope it's not that people didn't complain enough when Obama did it, and therefore now nobody can? (aside from the fact that I did complain, because I complain about all advertising, but that's not the point)

blablabla123 9y ago

The first one links to NYTimes Blog though. I mean now you see on general news coverage about cellphone chip companies -- absolutely uninteresting 10 years ago. Apparently voters were already manipulated to some degree at that time. But now it got even more. But at the same time technology immersed to much into day to day life that everybody is also interested in pure technology news. On the other hand all journalists become more technical at the same time, so they have to digest some stuff from the past. Obviously even older news... I guess it's fair to say that Techcrunch or ZDNet are not exactly great sources for usage of Big Data in politics...