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Study: Online Social Influence Has the Strongest Effect On Voting Behavior

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-like-what-the-people-I-talk-to-like dept.

sciencehabit writes "Brace yourself for a tidal wave of Facebook campaigning before November's U.S. presidential election. A study of 61 million Facebook users finds that using online social networks to urge people to vote has a much stronger effect on their voting behavior than spamming them with information via television ads or phone calls."

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  1. Re:For now... by Cornan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whoops. That was me forgetting to log in.

  2. Wanna have/keep a job, then STFU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    If one wishes to remain employable or retain customers for the self-employed, one must not mention political stances. However, political stances can be derived from how one lives as depicted in photos, videos. and text.

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    I'm waiting for the day when reasonable people start whispering "The white supremacists were right all along".

  3. Re:The internet routes around damage. by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, who's up for making a browser addon that automatically cross-references online political ads to various fact checking sites?
    Then maybe overlays a nice helpful graph or color to tell you how much BS you're being fed. ..Or just get adblock+ and opt out of it all.

    Nice idea, but Republicans would probably ban it to prevent "voter fraud" or something.

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    Drill baby drill - on Mars