welshbairn Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 I've asked this question on several threads in the past and never got an answer. Have you been targeted by political ads on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media? I'm not a member of any but regularly check up on Elizabeth Hurley's Instagram page just to check she's ok, and on quite a few twitter and facebook pages fairly randomly, but have never seen any political ads from any source, apart from the odd retweet or home grown madness. If I join up will I get brainwashed by Russian spies and American billionaire megalomaniac fuckwits? Or just see stuff you don't when casually lurking? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Get some emails from my main man Bernie. Can't do f**k all about them though, it's illegal for foreigns etc etc. Lets be honest however, they "target" rancid old racists who've "accidentally" shared rancid old racist shit anyway. They know their audience, and outside of about 3 people in this forum... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I'm not on facebook so no, I've never been targeted. On twitter but can't say I've noticed anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I seem to recall one from the Brexit Party prior to the last Euro elections. Other than that, f**k all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 This was on the news this morning, some dodgy tax alliance group doing targeted adds against Labour saying you would have to pay over 250 quid a month more tax. It was pulled from facebook as it didn't declare who funded the add. The guy incharge of the group is a former advisor to Boris Johnson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 5 hours ago, JamieThomas said: Get some emails from my main man Bernie. Can't do f**k all about them though, it's illegal for foreigns etc etc. Lets be honest however, they "target" rancid old racists who've "accidentally" shared rancid old racist shit anyway. They know their audience, and outside of about 3 people in this forum... The best way to get a bigger audience is to target those that disagree. They'll have your pish across the internet in no time. I don't think I've ever seen anything by Kate Hopkins and co shared by anyone who actually agrees with them. It's always the offended who publicise their message. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I see a Tory candidate in Wales has had to issue an apology for saying on her Facebook page that the people on Benefits Street should be "put down". Not sure if she's stood down yet but who will be the first candidate to have to withdraw due to social media madness? Labour candidate posting that the Jews arranged Brexit to prevent Jeremy Corbyn taking power and bring peace to Mauritania? SNP candidate accusing Laura Kuennesberg of masterminding the BBC weathermap to minimise Scotland and destroy our national self confidence? Lib Dem candidate slammed for incendiary post on why they prefer red pepper hummus to caramelised onion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 On 04/11/2019 at 23:50, welshbairn said: but regularly check up on Elizabeth Hurley's Instagram page just to check she's ok Greenie for this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Twitter changing their algorithm so that rich neoliberals can tweet nonsense without getting ripped to shreds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Dave Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Targeted by a libdem advert on facebook, clicked “why am I seeing ad”1- as id read some spectator articles2- age 18-253- location 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 About 5 years ago, I stupidly left my Facebook open in front of my college classmates, while I nipped to the loo. They did the usual of posting embarrassing stuff on your wall etc. But they also liked a load of LGBT pages, a load of ukip/Pro brexit pages, and a load of weird extreme Christian pages. To this day the Facebook algorithms seem to think that I'm an evangelical gay racist.As a result I still get targeted ads relating to this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 the snp ad appeared on my facebook yesterday, very preaching to the converted it was too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: the snp ad appeared on my facebook yesterday, very preaching to the converted it was too They should send out ads aggressively opposing independence to reach out to that other vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I see a Tory candidate in Wales has had to issue an apology for saying on her Facebook page that the people on Benefits Street should be "put down". Not sure if she's stood down yet but who will be the first candidate to have to withdraw due to social media madness? Labour candidate posting that the Jews arranged Brexit to prevent Jeremy Corbyn taking power and bring peace to Mauritania? SNP candidate accusing Laura Kuennesberg of masterminding the BBC weathermap to minimise Scotland and destroy our national self confidence? Lib Dem candidate slammed for incendiary post on why they prefer red pepper hummus to caramelised onion.Well I was wrong here. Turns out that the Labour candidate in Falkirk got turfed from the Party for ant-Semitism on Facebook, the SNP lost their Kirkcaldy candidate for the same and the Tories have withdrawn one candidate in Glasgow and one in Aberdeen for racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism. How did people get all this out before Facebook? Or does Facebook make people racist? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I'm not on on facebook or any of that shite. Unfortunately, my actual name is Speckled Tangerine so when I stand for office I'll be ruined. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 06/12/2019 at 22:55, ICTChris said: Well I was wrong here. Turns out that the Labour candidate in Falkirk got turfed from the Party for ant-Semitism on Facebook, the SNP lost their Kirkcaldy candidate for the same and the Tories have withdrawn one candidate in Glasgow and one in Aberdeen for racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism. How did people get all this out before Facebook? Or does Facebook make people racist? People like to "be themselves" online, in a way they don't feel they can in real life. Unfortunately, in a lot of cases, that means revealing the fact that they're hate-filled, bigoted messes, who hold all kinds of insane and irrational beliefs. It's the modern version of your mate getting plastered and, to your horror, displaying that he's actually been a horrible person all along, behind the veneer of friendly respectability. It's not necessarily a bad thing. People can save you a lot of time by telling the world that they believe people with different skin colours to them are inherently worthless, or that they enjoy trying to elicit angry reactions from the parents of children who've died in massacres. Some things scream, "keep at arm's length". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar 2nd Tier Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 06/12/2019 at 23:24, speckled tangerine said: I'm not on on facebook or any of that shite. Unfortunately, my actual name is Speckled Tangerine so when I stand for office I'll be ruined. I dont know. Prime Minister Tangerine has a nice ring to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 07/12/2019 at 00:24, speckled tangerine said: I'm not on on facebook or any of that shite. Unfortunately, my actual name is Speckled Tangerine so when I stand for office I'll be ruined. It won’t worry you; you have a thick skin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 06/12/2019 at 23:24, speckled tangerine said: I'm not on on facebook or any of that shite. Unfortunately, my actual name is Speckled Tangerine so when I stand for office I'll be ruined. It didn't stop an orange skinned man named after a fart becoming President. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, MixuFixit said: They are obviously rattled with the boy in A&E story as the tory bots all over the shop aided by a couple of right wing hacks trying to discredit the story with the same lie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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