tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post4607478294255629189..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Hacks got to hack, part 2janinsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-84674398198544238612018-03-22T19:07:16.291-07:002018-03-22T19:07:16.291-07:00As you say, if not FB, then some other actor. I do...As you say, if not FB, then some other actor. I don't put too much out on FB but I keep in touch with far-flung friends (many classmates of mine now live on the mainland).Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-65881134853507493992018-03-22T07:01:03.993-07:002018-03-22T07:01:03.993-07:00I never believed social media caused the election ...I never believed social media caused the election to turn out as it did. I have right and left wing friends there. They each try to share memes that suit their agenda. I do a lot of hide posts and especially hide the source post permanently. I don't follow any political sites at FB but it's clear many of them do and as soon as they get there, they are bombarded-- then they try to bombard their friends. The thing is the same ones pass on what they already believe and I bet they hide what they don't (if any have opposite thinking friends). I've been unfriended by people on both sides when I tried to give an opinion that didn't gel with theirs. I think social media might make people think everyone thinks as they do and hence become more entrenched but changing minds? I doubt it.<br /><br />I guess Obama's campaign bragged at how good they were at using these tactics of gathering data to find out who was open to their view. The thing that appears this gatherer did differently was use the friends of the one who had answered the app. Whether that benefit anybody politically is hard to say since some, like me, have friends on both sides, and routinely hide all political posts there-- because I am tempted to reply what I think and that rarely ends well ;)Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com