git-intae-thum Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 8 hours ago, jagfox99 said: Interesting article in the Guardian today how social media can be manipulated. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage?CMP=share_btn_fb Its incredibly scary when you click through the links and realise what these rich roasters are up too. Is this the real cause of Brexit and Trumpet. It would appear highly possible as the use of bots has been almost exclusively by the alt right so far. Political bots posing as real individuals, targeting social media users with a view to brainwashing. All this intervention enabled by collated datasets from peoples internet usage, allowing the algorithm to work out what is going to influence and form a persons opinion. The bot then just drops the target phrase into the conversation. Ordinary folk are not gonna have a chance. It is 1984. Which users on P&B are real and who are really bots. I would have suggested the alt right Bishop Briggs or McSpreader but they would be pish bots cause they turn opinion the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 39 minutes ago, git-intae-thum said: Which users on P&B are real and who are really bots. I would have suggested the alt right Bishop Briggs or McSpreader but they would be pish bots cause they turn opinion the other way. ^ Alt right? Just because I supported Brexit like 2 in 5 of SNP voters? What a sad and thick wee tosser! Go back to the bog wi' yer Kleenex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, git-intae-thum said: Its incredibly scary when you click through the links and realise what these rich roasters are up too. Is this the real cause of Brexit and Trumpet. It would appear highly possible as the use of bots has been almost exclusively by the alt right so far. Political bots posing as real individuals, targeting social media users with a view to brainwashing. All this intervention enabled by collated datasets from peoples internet usage, allowing the algorithm to work out what is going to influence and form a persons opinion. The bot then just drops the target phrase into the conversation. Ordinary folk are not gonna have a chance. It is 1984. Which users on P&B are real and who are really bots. I would have suggested the alt right Bishop Briggs or McSpreader but they would be pish bots cause they turn opinion the other way. I'm a bot and so's my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'm a bot and so's my wife. Half of this is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 55 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: ^ Alt right? Just because I supported Brexit like 2 in 5 of SNP voters? What a sad and thick wee tosser! Go back to the bog wi' yer Kleenex. Ouch. Love you too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 12 hours ago, jagfox99 said: Interesting article in the Guardian today how social media can be manipulated. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage?CMP=share_btn_fb I replied to this not long after it was posted with a very brief "Frightening" comment. It has now disappeared. Frightening indeed.. I'm taking a hard copy of the Guardian article before it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Breathe easy man. It was posted in two threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: I replied to this not long after it was posted with a very brief "Frightening" comment. It has now disappeared. Frightening indeed.. I'm taking a hard copy of the Guardian article before it 1 hour ago, madwullie said: Breathe easy man. It was posted in two threads jagbot99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Is that article really very surprising? Profiling users for targeted content has been the whole point of Facebook since day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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