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I watched half of it... but began noticing the frequent references to how only 'conservative' views are suppressed. And then there were a bunch of Tucker Carlso

I watched half of it... but began noticing the frequent references to how only 'conservative' views are suppressed. And then there were a bunch of Tucker Carlson snippets and then realized something wasn't (no pun intended) 'right'. Looks like M.A. Taylor, from his IMDB page is hyper conservative anti-obama/clinton political hack. Sure, some of what the film talks about - how google and facebook - can nudge peoples opinions and view of the world is true.. But it is creepy that he has snippets in there projecting them as liberal anti-conservatives hipster organizations. Come on - 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about.

smhost 8y ago
> 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about. I don't know why you feel the need to equivocate. Cambridge Analytica had direct ties to the Trump campaign, and this film is malicious propaganda to gaslight the public.
drak0n1c 8y ago
> But it is creepy that he has snippets in there projecting them as liberal anti-conservatives hipster organizations. I don't think that means the characterization is false, though. My friends working at Facebook and Google are very liberal and internal polling and their message boards have shown that to be overwhelmingly true for the wider organization as well. > Come on - 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about. It's possible that it happened and simply backfired. Conservatives aren't blind and turned out in greater numbers due to personal anecdata that they and the current events they were interested in were being squelched and misrepresented across social media. I personally recall Facebook's news sidebar feature had a clear pro-Democrat bias in the editorialized titles they wrote and presented above stories throughout 2016 (before they took it down).
- microcolonel 8y ago
  > It's possible that it happened and simply backfired. This is exactly what happened, from what I can tell, with the one caveat that most of the bias likely came from the human staff they hired to editorialize and moderate. The attempt was noticed, and it backfired spectacularly. If you look at Facebook today, I think it's clear that they mostly don't do this anymore. Facebook's users naturally spend more time and effort sharing and interacting with conservative content than progressive content; thus, the top stories on Facebook are usually from large conservative media (esp. The Daily Wire).

smhost 8y ago

> 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about. I don't know why you feel the need to equivocate. Cambridge Analytica had direct ties to the Trump campaign, and this film is malicious propaganda to gaslight the public.

drak0n1c 8y ago

> But it is creepy that he has snippets in there projecting them as liberal anti-conservatives hipster organizations. I don't think that means the characterization is false, though. My friends working at Facebook and Google are very liberal and internal polling and their message boards have shown that to be overwhelmingly true for the wider organization as well. > Come on - 2016 would've turned out very different if facebook was really suppressing conservative content at the scale this film is talking about. It's possible that it happened and simply backfired. Conservatives aren't blind and turned out in greater numbers due to personal anecdata that they and the current events they were interested in were being squelched and misrepresented across social media. I personally recall Facebook's news sidebar feature had a clear pro-Democrat bias in the editorialized titles they wrote and presented above stories throughout 2016 (before they took it down).

microcolonel 8y ago
> It's possible that it happened and simply backfired. This is exactly what happened, from what I can tell, with the one caveat that most of the bias likely came from the human staff they hired to editorialize and moderate. The attempt was noticed, and it backfired spectacularly. If you look at Facebook today, I think it's clear that they mostly don't do this anymore. Facebook's users naturally spend more time and effort sharing and interacting with conservative content than progressive content; thus, the top stories on Facebook are usually from large conservative media (esp. The Daily Wire).