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Gern Blansten said:

Merkin Baller said:

what dreams said:

Merkin Baller said:

I go on Facebook a handful of times a year, & it’s the same shit over & over so I don’t bother with it much. I only keep the account open for the messenger which I use to stay in touch w/ family overseas. 

I did find it odd the one time that I clicked on my Facebook tv feed and there were several Charlie Kirk videos queued up. I don’t have much political stuff if any on my wall or in my likes... & I’ve never clicked on right wing videos or articles that would suggest I’m into that sort of content, so I was genuinely curious as to why those videos were being suggested for me. If anything it should have suggested concert videos as all I ever used to post about was music. 

They have access to your phone or computer, all of it. If you're on the AMT discussing something political, they know it.

They're even hooked into the microphone. I've had every app shut down while having a person-to-person conversation, and as soon as I got back online, the ads were relevant to the offline conversation I was having. 

I struggle with the privacy thing. I wonder what happens when this power ends up in the wrong hands. It seems relatively harmless as it is, but it's not guaranteed to stay that way. Remember the technology in 1984 is the TV that looks inside everyone's homes to track compliance. 

I have not seen Social Dilemma but the novel, The Circle by Dave Eggers, really made me think hard about the topic.

Yeah, but I don’t have the app on my phone at all, nor do I have it open in safari. 

Every 4-6 weeks I either login from my work pc, or get the app on my phone, but once I’m done I log out / delete the app. 

Even if I did, there’s nothing in my habits to suggest Facebook should think I’m interested in Charlie Kirk’s content. Maybe they were simply featuring the most popular videos of the day, idk, but it seemed odd. 

Yes it is odd.  There is a guy in my feed on Twitter that posts the top 10 facebook activities every once in awhile.

It's generally a combo of Dan Bongino, Kirk, Shapiro, Mark Levin.

Facebook is a right wing cesspool.

Seeing several Charlie Kirk videos suggested to me in my TV feed left me with the impression Facebook was promoting his content.

I really can't stress enough how little that guy is on my radar. 
I know who he is through twitter, but I've never discussed him on AMT, interacted with any of his tweets, watched any of his videos, or searched him out, and can pretty safely say I've never even had an in person conversation with anyone about him. Most people in my real life circle have no clue who he, or Ben Shaprio or Dan bongino are... there's nothing in my history or profile or activity to suggest I would be into that type of content. 

Maybe it was indeed done under the guise of 'ten most popular', but it still left me with the impression they're promoting that content. 

Maybe that's just me being a conspiracy theorist too, IDK. 

Gern Blansten

Merkin Baller said:

Gern Blansten said:

Merkin Baller said:

what dreams said:

Merkin Baller said:

I go on Facebook a handful of times a year, & it’s the same shit over & over so I don’t bother with it much. I only keep the account open for the messenger which I use to stay in touch w/ family overseas. 

I did find it odd the one time that I clicked on my Facebook tv feed and there were several Charlie Kirk videos queued up. I don’t have much political stuff if any on my wall or in my likes... & I’ve never clicked on right wing videos or articles that would suggest I’m into that sort of content, so I was genuinely curious as to why those videos were being suggested for me. If anything it should have suggested concert videos as all I ever used to post about was music. 

They have access to your phone or computer, all of it. If you're on the AMT discussing something political, they know it.

They're even hooked into the microphone. I've had every app shut down while having a person-to-person conversation, and as soon as I got back online, the ads were relevant to the offline conversation I was having. 

I struggle with the privacy thing. I wonder what happens when this power ends up in the wrong hands. It seems relatively harmless as it is, but it's not guaranteed to stay that way. Remember the technology in 1984 is the TV that looks inside everyone's homes to track compliance. 

I have not seen Social Dilemma but the novel, The Circle by Dave Eggers, really made me think hard about the topic.

Yeah, but I don’t have the app on my phone at all, nor do I have it open in safari. 

Every 4-6 weeks I either login from my work pc, or get the app on my phone, but once I’m done I log out / delete the app. 

Even if I did, there’s nothing in my habits to suggest Facebook should think I’m interested in Charlie Kirk’s content. Maybe they were simply featuring the most popular videos of the day, idk, but it seemed odd. 

Yes it is odd.  There is a guy in my feed on Twitter that posts the top 10 facebook activities every once in awhile.

It's generally a combo of Dan Bongino, Kirk, Shapiro, Mark Levin.

Facebook is a right wing cesspool.

Seeing several Charlie Kirk videos suggested to me in my TV feed left me with the impression Facebook was promoting his content.

I really can't stress enough how little that guy is on my radar. 
I know who he is through twitter, but I've never discussed him on AMT, interacted with any of his tweets, watched any of his videos, or searched him out, and can pretty safely say I've never even had an in person conversation with anyone about him. Most people in my real life circle have no clue who he, or Ben Shaprio or Dan bongino are... there's nothing in my history or profile or activity to suggest I would be into that type of content. 

Maybe it was indeed done under the guise of 'ten most popular', but it still left me with the impression they're promoting that content. 

Maybe that's just me being a conspiracy theorist too, IDK. 

Hard to say.  It wouldn't surprise me if FB was pushing it due to his shit being popular.  They will do anything they can to get people to engage and click

F Me In The Brain

I'm not on either Facebook/Twitter but do you know if the Top 10 is really the Top 10?
That is not facebook sharing that, is it?

F Me In The Brain

Also, I don't know who any of those people are.  Right wing nutters, it appears.

Gern Blansten

F Me In The Brain said:

Also, I don't know who any of those people are.  Right wing nutters, it appears.

Bongino is a former secret service agent.  Not much education.  Kirk is uneducated as hell.  Shapiro at least has education but he's still a smarmy asshole.  

They are popular because they spew veiled racism and toe the general facist line that is tRumpism.

F Me In The Brain

Lovely!

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/FacebooksTop10/status/1338503559415926787

My guess is that isn't as drastic as it appears to be. Sort of like the reason why Fox news is the leading cable news channel, there is no competition. If you're conservative and you want news, you have 1 main choice. If you're liberal and you want to watch a news, you have a dozen choices. So Fox brags about being #1.
I think that applies to Facebook too. Sure, Shapiro might get a lot of hits, but that's because his audience is concentrated. 
Also factor in the fact a lot of those sites are free while the competition is subscription based. That has got to draw an additional crowd. There's been plenty of times people link an article to NYT or some other paper than I can't read because I don't subscribe.
My guess is if you count how many hits are from total right and left sites, it would probably be close to equal. But you have the same number of hits spread across fewer sources for the right, giving them a near shut-out for the top 10. I don't see FB being a breading ground for right media. 

lastexitlondon

You only realise how rubbish face book is when you quit. 
6 years and counting . Nobody really needs it.

Gern Blansten

lastexitlondon said:

You only realise how rubbish face book is when you quit. 
6 years and counting . Nobody really needs it.

agreed....I used to like fb and hate twitter....now it's the reverse

It's shitty how people use fb to try and sell their pyramid schemes to "friends"....fucking beachbody, people selling coffee, "influencers" that sell all kinds of bullshit.  I'm still not sure how those people actually make money or maybe they just get discounts on the shit they hawk

Gern Blansten

Two examples from my fb feed....same guy.  Former buddy from high school.  He posts a few times a day about how tRump is still going to be president.  

I love the Bongino post.  Grenell is about the biggest idiot on the planet.

Gern Blansten

another example....he really thinks there is a chance

F Me In The Brain

No accounting for idiocy

lastexitlondon

Brainwashing

brianlux

Face book:

Meltdown99

Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes

https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-escalates-feud-with-apple-over-ios-privacy-changes/

eeriepadave

i'm on it, don't post as much as i used to, but there are a few friends who post like 20 times a day. Seriously? That's just annoying.

mickeyrat

Meltdown99 said:

Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes

https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-escalates-feud-with-apple-over-ios-privacy-changes/

this is a clear illustration of what its about.

fuckerberg is an addict. his drug is your data and he gets it everywhere. a tell is tge facebook plug-in on a given website

HughFreakingDillon

eeriepadave said:

i'm on it, don't post as much as i used to, but there are a few friends who post like 20 times a day. Seriously? That's just annoying.

i used to think this way. then, i came to the realization that, if this is truly something they enjoy and makes them happy, what do i care? to me it's kind of the same as when someone "post count shames" someone here. if someone posts too much than i like to see, i just hide them. (shouldn't happen now, i only went back recently for music groups and have like 4 friends)

in the case of facebook, for some it's just a godsend of inclusivity. prior to social media, they had no outlet, felt they had no voice. it now gives them a feeling of connectivity to the outside world. 

F Me In The Brain

I would argue that connectivity is the worst thing about facebook/social media.
Assholes in their basements find other conspiracy nuts or racists, or pederasts, or whatever. 

Stay marginalized, whackos.

Too late to put the toothpaste back into the tube, of course.  

HughFreakingDillon

F Me In The Brain said:

I would argue that connectivity is the worst thing about facebook/social media.
Assholes in their basements find other conspiracy nuts or racists, or pederasts, or whatever. 

Stay marginalized, whackos.

Too late to put the toothpaste back into the tube, of course.  

of course there's always going to be the flip side to every coin, i was just saying it's really awesome for a lot of people, that's all.