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Isn’t it weird you wouldn’t talk about politics in most settings especially among people you aren’t close to, but it’s ok to spam your 200 friends with politica
by mrfusion 6y ago
Isn’t it weird you wouldn’t talk about politics in most settings especially among people you aren’t close to, but it’s ok to spam your 200 friends with political articles?
- 13415 6y agoWhom are you referring to? I talk about politics with anyone who is interested in it. (Of course, it's also important not to talk about politics with anyone not interested in it, but that's another matter.)
- scarmig 6y agoWhat I find most surprising is that all that political spam on Facebook drives engagement so much. At this point I barely get on it and never interact with my timeline, because half of it is shitty ads and the rest repetitive politics, and my mental model of people has most of us being turned off by it. Apparently not, though I do wonder if Facebook is somehow oversampling on a particular kind of engagement.
- em500 6y agoDon't be surprised that your (and likeminded people's) experience may not be representative of the world or even the country's at large. Poll after poll shows that 40% of the USA still supports Donald Trump. Remember the famous (mis)quote "How could Nixon have won? Nobody I know voted for him"
- rhino369 6y agoIs it socially acceptable to spam people with political articles? I don’t think so. I mute people who do too much of that.