2016 Trump campaign outreach to black voters: Deter Them From Voting

[PhilipNolan]

@tzu

Google and Facebook don’t use the NSA.

I bet NSA uses Google & Facebook, though don’t they.

[tzu]

Question or statement?

[TommyLucchese]

@Jamerican

The Social Dilemma wasn’t necessarily an eye opener because it’s something that has been going on for more than a decade, almost 20 years. It’s naïve and foolish for anyone on ANY social media outlet including this one to believe they’re exempt from targeting to think a certain type of way. That’s why I laugh when certain posters like using the term sheople when describing others that don’t think like them. To a certain degree, we’re all sheep. It boils down to critical thinking, discernment along with a level of discipline and self control. There are a lot of people with the false belief that they are independent thinkers who are currently being led around to think certain ways based on their clicks and biases.

Repeatedly using “sheople” or “sheeple” on the internet will actually intentionally send conspiratorial nonsense your way.

[WuWei]

So not deterring the black vote after all. Good, I was worried.

[DMK]

@EternalVigilance

I’m not understanding how people are so malleable that they require Facebook advertising to determine whether or not they should vote. Pretty frightening in its implications.

Pretty much gives reason to hope people like that don’t actually vote.

[DMK]

@LucyLou

That’s not tv ad buys. These are targeted social media ads only seen by black people, to deter them from voting.

If social media prevents a person from voting then that’s on them for being stupid.

[RTchoke]

@LucyLou

@WuWei

Yes, I can. I control what I click on. It’s simple.

If it doesn’t show up in your personalized social media feed, you can’t click on it.

And if it’s shared by a user? Does it automatically know now to share to white people on that person’s friend list?

[Zander]

@TommyLucchese

@Jamerican

The Social Dilemma wasn’t necessarily an eye opener because it’s something that has been going on for more than a decade, almost 20 years. It’s naïve and foolish for anyone on ANY social media outlet including this one to believe they’re exempt from targeting to think a certain type of way. That’s why I laugh when certain posters like using the term sheople when describing others that don’t think like them. To a certain degree, we’re all sheep. It boils down to critical thinking, discernment along with a level of discipline and self control. There are a lot of people with the false belief that they are independent thinkers who are currently being led around to think certain ways based on their clicks and biases.

Repeatedly using “sheople” or “sheeple” on the internet will actually intentionally send conspiratorial nonsense your way.

Irony is not a good enough word for that phenomenon.

[Ben_Natuf]

facebook ads know what color the person watching them is? amazing!

[LucyLou]

@Ben_Natuf

facebook ads know what color the person watching them is? amazing!

Yes it is.

[Camp]

Mandatory masks…then backpedal.

Otherwise he copied Trump.

[Ben_Natuf]

you go right ahead and believe this desperate crap.

[EternalVigilance]

The artificial intelligence used in social media algorithms is frightening tech, and there’s a reason that it’s referred to as “Skynet” or “The Matrix” in some circles. I may agree that it’s ridiculous to believe that people rely on Facebook to make voting decisions, but our left-leaning colleagues here are 100% correct when describing how sophisticated the technology is.

[Guntsu]

Social media marketing is a multi-billion dollar industry, content is curated and targeted towards specific audiences and it works.

Influencing voters one way or the other is not exempt.