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What other people are seeing is public discourse? I'm not sure I follow. Is their search history also public discourse?

by nickff 6y ago

Barrin92 6y ago
>What other people are seeing is public discourse advertisement is part of public discourse, in particular political advertisement.
- bryan_w 6y ago
  All FB political ads are listed in Facebook's Ad Library
  - Barrin92 6y ago
    also directly from the article >But that library excludes information about the targeting that determines who sees the ads. >The researchers behind the NYU Ad Observatory said they wanted to provide journalists, researchers, policy makers, and others with the ability to search political ads by state and contest to see what messages are targeted to specific audiences and how those ads are funded. The point of the research is to figure out what ads Facebook shows to which users, which is of course particularly important for people who try to do research on how ads on Facebook intersect with politics.
gostsamo 6y ago
Political ads, political commentaries, memes. I have someone on my contact list in fb who honestly thinks that QAnon exposes pedophiles. I can't wrap my head around how the heck they've reached that conclusion.
- m0zg 6y ago
  It's actually kind of weird. It seems like the left is _obsessed_ with QAnon for some reason. I'm firmly on the right, and I hardly hear anything about it at all. Take a look at right-wing news sources and community websites - nobody treats it seriously, and it's hardly mentioned at all, other than in the context of the left-wing having a raging hard-on for banning it. If you asked me about any of their "conspiracies" I wouldn't know how to respond.
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  - gostsamo 6y ago
    The person quoted that banning QAnon groups is how mainstream censorship prevents honest people from exposing pedophiles. Take it or not.
  - ethbr0 6y ago
    It sells papers (or digital equivalents). On Fox News, the left is nothing but a violent BLM mob being cheered on by supportive governors. Supported by Soros. On MSNBC, the right is nothing but a violent fascist mob being cheered on by a supportive president. Supported by the Koch brothers. Thankfully, we live in a country where the average person is not crazy. Unfortunately, you'd never know that from watching what passes for news these days.
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  - nemothekid 6y ago
    Yes, the right has their own boogeymen, like Antifa and BLM. However I'm willing to bet you don't see anything about Q in right wing news sources is there is literally nothing to write about them except "these guys think Trump is fighting a deep underground pedo cabal" and I'm sure they don't want to antagonize their readers.
    - m0zg 6y ago
      Except of course BLM and Antifa physically exist, evidence of which you could (and still can) see nearly every day in downtown Portland, if you wanted to see it. It's fiery, but mostly peaceful, or so CNN seems to believe. Ted Wheeler didn't find it quite peaceful enough, though, so he had to move elsewhere. Plenty of imagery and video on twitter (see e.g. https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo), at least from locations where they didn't kick out the "press". BLM and Antifa, in fact, might be the reason why Trump wins the election on Nov 3.
obmelvin 6y ago
> Is their search history also public discourse? Oh, come on. You are bringing that into this discussion. The topic is not people's private search or browsing history. Political advertisements are very clearly a public issue.
- polyomino 6y ago
  Ad targeting is largely informed by browsing history.
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
    Americans may not have a right to know whose paying for the propaganda we see, but, as far as I know, we do have a right to know what political propaganda is being spread and what groups.

What other people are seeing is public discourse? I'm not sure I follow. Is their search history also public discourse?

by nickff 6y ago

What other people are seeing is public discourse? I'm not sure I follow. Is their search history also public discourse?

>What other people are seeing is public discourse advertisement is part of public discourse, in particular political advertisement.

bryan_w 6y ago
All FB political ads are listed in Facebook's Ad Library
- Barrin92 6y ago
  also directly from the article >But that library excludes information about the targeting that determines who sees the ads. >The researchers behind the NYU Ad Observatory said they wanted to provide journalists, researchers, policy makers, and others with the ability to search political ads by state and contest to see what messages are targeted to specific audiences and how those ads are funded. The point of the research is to figure out what ads Facebook shows to which users, which is of course particularly important for people who try to do research on how ads on Facebook intersect with politics.

gostsamo 6y ago

Political ads, political commentaries, memes. I have someone on my contact list in fb who honestly thinks that QAnon exposes pedophiles. I can't wrap my head around how the heck they've reached that conclusion.

m0zg 6y ago
It's actually kind of weird. It seems like the left is _obsessed_ with QAnon for some reason. I'm firmly on the right, and I hardly hear anything about it at all. Take a look at right-wing news sources and community websites - nobody treats it seriously, and it's hardly mentioned at all, other than in the context of the left-wing having a raging hard-on for banning it. If you asked me about any of their "conspiracies" I wouldn't know how to respond.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- gostsamo 6y ago
  The person quoted that banning QAnon groups is how mainstream censorship prevents honest people from exposing pedophiles. Take it or not.
- ethbr0 6y ago
  It sells papers (or digital equivalents). On Fox News, the left is nothing but a violent BLM mob being cheered on by supportive governors. Supported by Soros. On MSNBC, the right is nothing but a violent fascist mob being cheered on by a supportive president. Supported by the Koch brothers. Thankfully, we live in a country where the average person is not crazy. Unfortunately, you'd never know that from watching what passes for news these days.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
- nemothekid 6y ago
  Yes, the right has their own boogeymen, like Antifa and BLM. However I'm willing to bet you don't see anything about Q in right wing news sources is there is literally nothing to write about them except "these guys think Trump is fighting a deep underground pedo cabal" and I'm sure they don't want to antagonize their readers.
  - m0zg 6y ago
    Except of course BLM and Antifa physically exist, evidence of which you could (and still can) see nearly every day in downtown Portland, if you wanted to see it. It's fiery, but mostly peaceful, or so CNN seems to believe. Ted Wheeler didn't find it quite peaceful enough, though, so he had to move elsewhere. Plenty of imagery and video on twitter (see e.g. https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo), at least from locations where they didn't kick out the "press". BLM and Antifa, in fact, might be the reason why Trump wins the election on Nov 3.

obmelvin 6y ago

> Is their search history also public discourse? Oh, come on. You are bringing that into this discussion. The topic is not people's private search or browsing history. Political advertisements are very clearly a public issue.

polyomino 6y ago
Ad targeting is largely informed by browsing history.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
  Americans may not have a right to know whose paying for the propaganda we see, but, as far as I know, we do have a right to know what political propaganda is being spread and what groups.