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This tidbit from a WSJ story is rather revealing of the actual issue going on here[1]: > In late 2017, when Facebook tweaked its newsfeed algorithm to minimize
by ojnabieoot 6y ago
This tidbit from a WSJ story is rather revealing of the actual issue going on here[1]:
> In late 2017, when Facebook tweaked its newsfeed algorithm to minimize the presence of political news, policy executives were concerned about the outsize impact of the changes on the right, including the Daily Wire, people familiar with the matter said. Engineers redesigned their intended changes so that left-leaning sites like Mother Jones were affected more than previously planned, the people said. Mr. Zuckerberg approved the plans.
That is: Facebook decided to intervene to benefit the right. I don't think this is just because of right-wingers at Facebook: surely a large part of it is bad-faith attacks from people like Ted Cruz.
The idea that Twitter and Facebook are conspiring to suppress legitimate criticism of Biden and thereby defeat Trump is plain ridiculous.
[1] Story is here: https://t.co/sjOYrLQdc3?amp=1 https://t.co/sjOYrLQdc3?amp=1 but I got the blurb from this tweet: https://twitter.com/patcaldwell/status/1317140564169625600 https://twitter.com/patcaldwell/status/1317140564169625600