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Facebook Disputes Gizmodo Report, Says It Never Built and Withheld Any News Feed Changes Based on Their Political Impact (slate.com)
Tech news site Gizmodo reported Monday that Facebook planned a News Feed update that would have identified fake or hoax news stories, but "disproportionately impacted right-wing news sites by downgrading or removing that content from people's feeds" so it chose to never release the update. Facebook has denied the claims in the report. A spokesperson told Slate: "The article's allegation is not true. We did not build and withhold any News Feed changes based on their potential impact on any one political party. We always work to make News Feed more meaningful and informative, and that includes examining the quality and accuracy of items shared, such as clickbait, spam, and hoaxes. Mark himself said, "I want to do everything I can to make sure our teams uphold the integrity of our products." This includes continuously review updates (sic) to make sure we are not exhibiting unconscious bias.
CNN, ABC, MSNBC, Huffpo, and every other media outlet in the country. Lie and Deny has worked pretty well against the masses for a long time. People do eventually catch on though. Hence, just before the election 76% of people said that the US was going the wrong way, media has a 6% trustworthy rating (probably lower now). The first stat was a dead giveaway that Hillary did not have a 99.8% chance of winning as polsters proclaimed on those same media outlets.
In fairness, there is certainly some bias in the little tiny bit of Right leaning media (Kelly and O'Reilly are left of center but for the sake of argument lets call them "fair"). It's so little though, very few people noticed.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Gizmodo apparently didn't learn anything from how Nick Denton got kicked in the sack.
It's the best kind!
Somebody may be getting sued again...
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People that rely on fakebook for their news get exactly what they deserve. Same with people that rely on any single source for their news. Always ask yourself:
1. Is this news or gossip? (Exactly what am I being told?)
2. Why am I being told this?
3. Who is telling me this?
The answers will help you decide the truthiness of the stories.
BULLSHIT Facebook. My account was shoved into the A/B testing for this several months ago. Articles from known satirical web sites would be flagged as such, and this was such a praised feature at the time, too. We all got sick and fucking tired having to constantly link to Snopes or other resources to "prove" that a particular site was a satire site. The only real issue is that this system was primarily limited to just domains as a whole, so bullshit clickbaitery web sites that have marginal content once in a blue moon wouldn't be listed (Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and similar)
You "conservatives" who LOVE to label everyone who doesn't slurp your Kool-Aid as Stupid un American lazy welfare cheats.
I think Trump is already having trouble with the Drain the Swamp pump.
We did not build and withhold any News Feed changes based on their potential impact on any one political party
What I see here is the use of "any one political party" which could mean that they didn't implement it because it was decided that it would impact all political parties or that it wasn't implemented because it would affect users (not political parties).
I just don't trust any PR statement.... they are bound to be carefully crafted to be "true" without actually being so.
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You "progressives" who LOVE to label everyone who doesn't slurp your Kool-Aid as a "RAAAACIST!!!!" or "HOMOPHOBE" will HATE this!
As a moderate conservative, I can reassure you that people who are racist and homophobic are racist and homophobic, can't stand the idea that it's unacceptable to be racist and homophobic in the 21st century, and cringe at being labeled racist and homophobic in public.
The was the most unbalanced election news coverage in history, with major outlets (NYT, WP, ABC, NBC, CBS) so far in the tank for Clinton and against Trump that it embarassed many old time journalists:
And, after all that, Trump still won. So now liberals will look everywhere for a scapegoat to pin this "inexplicable" failure on. Everywhere, that is, except their own attitudes and actions.
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They do a fair bit of herding people and hiding content. First they determine a persons political status, then they only show you stories based on your favorites, while avoiding triggering stories. They limit/censor what posts show up in your feeds. They have multiple lawsuits on leaving hate groups that they agree with, anti-Israel, gun groups, conservative media. Its not even a guess, its already been verified by multiple media outlets.
Everyone knows they jumped the shark, as a discussion medium it sucks.
Which of the two is the fake/hoax news story?
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Neoliberalism values competition and inequality of outcome above all else. Efficiency comes in second.
Not very "communist."
They just need to have a hands off approach.. otherwise they are meddling and will be accused of everything. Hands off is the only approach... stay off my feed you vultures!
They were so wrong every step of the way. Now their jobs are in danger due to all the lies. Good Riddance.
Thiel was no longer gay simply because who he voted for. A mother of a 7 year old kicked him out of the house for voting in a mock election for Trump.
Dude did you just sleep thjrough the entire year ? Really? That's all you got? One bad parent? Meanwhile Trump is the dude who is a proven sexual predator, racist hate monger and being sued for running a scam (as the judge said) university. Yeah, but both sides are basically the same. uh huh. Yeah...
The Left have become extremist whackos doing anything they can for power including violence, bigotry, xenophobia, homophobia, and every other thing they accuse others of doing.
Like what?
You are deluded, in your right wing echo chamber, the media is biased because they report the actual words Trump said, its just like insisting reality is biased. What a moron.
Except some people really are racist and homo-phobes. Like Steve Bannon, Trump's advisor. That dude is white supremacist fck head.
Most people cringe at being called racist or homophobe, that why it's been such a powerful tool for silencing dissent.
Like what?
Not been paying attention to the flagrant uses of identity politics by democrats and people on the left over the last 8-12 years? If you want a person to be hired based on merit, well merit is a MRA construct. Merit is also sexist/racist and homophobic. Not wanting to hire somebody based on the characteristics that they're born with is also sexist/racist/homophobic and so on. The left have also been the ones at the forefront of pushing the "diversity hires" not on skill, not on ability, not on merit. But again, because of what a person identifies as, or from what they're born with.
To repeat myself from the previous week:
Why does it matter? Why do you want to force people into positions that they don't want? Why do you believe that someones genitals, or sexual identity is important? Do you also believe the same thing about an individuals race? Why does it seem your most important qualification to hire someone, or have them in office is something that they're born with.
All of those things? If you want to put people a head of others based on characteristics that they were born with instead of their skill, ability, or the earned merit that they gained from hard work. You're no different then a sexist that believed that only men could be doctors or politicians in the 1910's and earlier. Or a racist in the 1960's that believed those "blacks and/or mexicans" could never be educated enough to succeed.
Om, nomnomnom...
You are deluded, in your right wing echo chamber, the media is biased because they report the actual words Trump said, its just like insisting reality is biased. What a moron.
So that would make you deluded and living in a left-wing echo chamber because the media didn't report on Clinton's actual words? Didn't cover the DNC leaks or report to the public that she lied repeatedly? That flappy heads in the media came out and told you that looking at wikileaks is illegal.
Perhaps there is simply a correlation between political affiliation and lying?
The word "homophobic" was popularized by homosexuals themselves, And the word "Islamophobic" was crafted by Muslim supporters to imply that their critics were crazy.
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Mark himself said,
Who talks like that?
Facebook factcheckers check the report and found it false. Shouldn't we believe them?
Nothing new here. Wikileaks publishes emails showing multiple mainstream media outlets assisting and coordinating with the Democrats to help them politically, and Gizmodo accuses Conservatives...
It's the old Saul Alinsky tactic of accusing the opposition of doing what you are actually doing.
conservatives talk like that because they, delusionally, think welfare still exists.
Hint: it was killed in the 90's by Bill Clinton working with the GOP Congress, and replaced with TANF, aka, workfare.
TANF on the other hand is a limited block grant to the states of 16billion dollars (total, not each) that has never been increased or adjusted for inflation (so its lost more than 35% of its value), with work requirements and a lifetime cap, that the states get to spend on whatever they want. most don't spend it on poverty, but instead on their own budget holes.
Welfare used to be an entitlement for anyone making below X amount of dollars. As such it was received by >95% of those that qualified.
TANF is received by less than 8% of those who would otherwise qualify. The majority of the funds go to shore up state budget holes under the many loopholes in the law.
Welfare was a hand up . Provably demonstrably so, regardless of any and all BS from the conservative side, that reduced poverty.
TANF doesn't work and doesn't reduce poverty.
So when conservatives, like you, say that welfare doesn't work, its just like when they say government doesn't work: its because they broke it, so they could then say SEE! IT DOESNT WORK! (with much help from a far too trusting and optimistic Clinton).
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No one has declared Thiel not gay any more than they declared his brother asshat Milo not gay.
they have rather both been labeled as toxic disgusting people....because they are.
Not because of their orientation, but because of the things say and do.
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The Left have become extremist whackos doing anything they can for power including violence, bigotry, xenophobia, homophobia, and every other thing they accuse others of doing. Look at facts and see who does this stuff, it sure as hell ain't the right. In fairness it's not even people in the democratic party, it's the whackadoo people pushing communist ideology.
Pure projection.
Also: you apparently are unfamiliar with the definition of communist.
The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes.
BTW: it's been less than a week, and already there have been more than 360 reported hate crimes against minority groups following and attributable to the election and trump supporters, including outright, open, neo-Nazi acts.
as I said: you are engaging in projection.
The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes.
and to repeat myself: because you conservatives tried to exclude people from the public sphere on the basis of their genitals, sexual identity, skin color, or creed.
that's why it matters.
the fact is, even when merit is identical , that non-white, non-straight, non-male persons are STILL at a structural disadvantage , hired less often and for less pay. this leads to a self perpetuating cultural cycle that reinforces itself. that's why representation matters, why breaking glass ceilings matters, why purposely hiring typically under-represented groups when merit is identical, helps to break down that cycle and create a more just, more equitable society.
that is why, after 400 years of keeping black people down (or women, or other minorities, or LGBTQ folks), pretending everything is magically equal now and if they don't make it it's somehow their own fault, is bull*hit.
you are simply using a more eloquently stated, ie better hidden dog whistle, that fighting structural bigotry is itself bigoted.
it is not, and you are for trying to make that case.
The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes.
Most people cringe at being called racist or homophobe, that why it's been such a powerful tool for silencing dissent.
The reality is everyone is racist to some extent. If someone accused me of being racist, I won't deny it. But an accusation of being racist isn't enough to silent my dissent.
Except of course your false equivalency is based on RWNJ lies about Clintion. Going to be fun when you realise the truth.
As Trump said in 1998, he would run as a republican, they are the dumbest voters, and would believe anything he said. Sure sounds like he understands you.
When the left wing whackos snarked America I said "They're just ignorant loudmouth elitist treehugger neurotic tv watching maggots, who cares what they think?"
When the right wing whackos snarked America I said "They're just ignorant faux country crosseyed neo conservative rat bastard soi disant patriotic corporate patsies, who cares what they think?"
When the cosmopolitan Eurotrash and Russian police state internet shills snarked America I was sad because there was nobody left to snark for me.