3 ms·
Sure, but do you really think this basic information about general political leanings wasn’t available before social media? 2004 wasn’t the stone age.
by knzhou 7y ago
Sure, but do you really think this basic information about general political leanings wasn’t available before social media? 2004 wasn’t the stone age.
- netsharc 7y agoCan you point me to the online ad service where in 2004 you can do "Show this ad to people of (gender/age/race/sexual orientation) living in (area) who like (these things)"? Also Cambridge Analytica did more than that, they figured out whether the voters were easy to influence from their Facebook profiles, and they targeted people on the fence with ads pointing to Anti-Hillary conspiracy videos... If you think journalists are just lying about Facebook being able to do all that (it's just all fake news, right?), read this article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/#aea56f0197c5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook... and notice how FB didn't have any concrete denials in the lines of "None of this is true"...