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Month: February 2018

“Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media” – revealed in … 2011

“Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media” – revealed in … 2011

The U.S. media has buried its head in deeply to the Russian-propaganda meme, as if this was new and nefarious. Read this from MARCH 2011: The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. … Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother…

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"Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media" – revealed in … 2011

"Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media" – revealed in … 2011

The U.S. media has buried its head in deeply to the Russian-propaganda meme, as if this was new and nefarious. Read this from MARCH 2011: The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. … Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother…

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Twitter’s censorship is just odd

Twitter’s censorship is just odd

One of my hobbies is 3D or “stereo” photography. I saw this in my Twitter feed: And what is this sensitive media? This sort of weird Twitter censorship happens every day. And it proves my point that adding more software to solve the fundamental, root cause problem with social media as a propaganda platform, does not work and will not work.

Twitter's censorship is just odd

Twitter's censorship is just odd

One of my hobbies is 3D or “stereo” photography. I saw this in my Twitter feed: And what is this sensitive media? This sort of weird Twitter censorship happens every day. And it proves my point that adding more software to solve the fundamental, root cause problem with social media as a propaganda platform, does not work and will not work.

Facebook usage dropped significantly from 2016 to 2017

Facebook usage dropped significantly from 2016 to 2017

Facebook was the major mover in Social traffic in 2017. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a positive move. Their share of visits dropped a massive 12.7% between the second half of 2016 and the second half of 2017. Source: Report: Search Referral Traffic Overtook Social in 2017 as Facebook traffic share falls