The Facebook bubble just popped

konart wrote: post #3

herbst wrote: post #2

Are they seriously trying to blame facebook for the voting result now?

http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/11/donald-trump-won-because-...

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Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by overcast » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC

As opposed to what? Some other major media outlet, pushing their own agenda on previous elections? Give me a break.

Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by JustSomeNobody » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:14 PM UTC

> On Facebook, a Trump victory was likely, or a Clinton win was all but assured.

And if you were watching the election coverage the night of you could very discernibly see the change in the commentators narrative from "yay! Clinton!" to the shock of "Wait, Trump?" to "Those dirty rednecks! (er ... uneducated white folk)" as their reality was changing before them.

It wasn't JUST Facebook.

Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by gremlinsinc » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:14 PM UTC

Yeah because, all the other news outlets predicted a trump win... this is a shit piece article... Show me one outlet that gave Mr. Trump > 50% chance of winning (Fox doesn't count as news). If anything this is more the fault of bad pollsters, and people not realizing that 4 million Bernie or Bust voters were real and not just spouting empty promises. I was one of those.

I wrote in Bernie, and I'd rather have Trump and a rebuild the DNC from scratch -- from the far left, than see Clinton -- the epitome of corruption rise to power. We might as well let mob-bosses run for President.

Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by ghouse » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:15 PM UTC

herbst wrote: post #2

Are they seriously trying to blame facebook for the voting result now?

No, they're not. Read the article. Their research indicates Facebook shows you news, even fabricated news that agrees with whatever you already believe.

Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by sickbeard » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

What an absurd article. Facebook is worldwide but somehow the US only elections popped it's bubble? Not to mention this was a 50/50 opinion split.. not exactly earth shattering.

Re: The Facebook bubble just popped

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Post by paki123 » Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

Can people stop posting techcrunch and wired. It's all bullshit.