We may never know why I only saw left wing propaganda on Facebook in 2016, since Facebook is so secretive about what they do with our data. But I now have a working hypothesis as to what happened. In the 2nd half of 2016 and especially in the fall of 2016 prior to the election, my Facebook news feed was filled with political propaganda, essentially all of it “left wing” propaganda, especially propaganda posters from fake news services such as…
Facebooks says it will periodically survey users to rank the trustworthiness of news sources that may be seen on Facebook. This proposal by Facebook is loopy. A few million followers of Occupy Democrats will rate it as super trustworthy while viewers of Fox News will rate it as the most trusted and unbiased source of news. Facebook is combating fake news by using a poll of the effectiveness of propaganda. A search online finds widespread condemnation of Facebook’s plan for…
Facebooks says it will periodically survey users to rank the trustworthiness of news sources that may be seen on Facebook. This proposal by Facebook is loopy. A few million followers of Occupy Democrats will rate it as super trustworthy while viewers of Fox News will rate it as the most trusted and unbiased source of news. Facebook is combating fake news by using a poll of the effectiveness of propaganda. A search online finds widespread condemnation of Facebook’s plan for…
Online, social media-based, for profit, fake news publisher Occupy Democrats sent out another false meme for viral distribution on social media. This item was shared into my Facebook news feed. The Republicans have a 52 seat majority in the Senate, with one absent for medical treatment, giving them a 51 seat majority. The problem with this propaganda is that due to Senate rules and how the political parties work in real life, it takes 60 votes, not 51. CSPAN understood…
This past week we learned about social media idiots! In a world where facts and logic no longer matter, a train derailment on the first paying passenger run on a brand new, $181 million upgraded rail corridor, completed as part of an $800 million dollar infrastructure upgrade, is: An example of America’s “crumbling infrastructure” An example of America’s lack of investment in infrastructure An example that future budgets (which might cut infrastructure spending) caused this crash, in the present An…