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gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006
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Suppressed is a nicer way of saying 'Censored'
Lets just say it as it really is. Facebook censors Conservatives.
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2016-05-09, 06:52 PM #1Warchief
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Gizmodo: Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News
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2016-05-09, 06:54 PM #2Titan
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There was already a thread on this. Turns out they suppressed a lot of news, right and left, that they considered nut bags.
Originally Posted by Oktoberfest
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2016-05-09, 06:54 PM #3Old God
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Ironically it was Oktoberfest who started that previous thread too. Originally Posted by Ripster42
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2016-05-09, 06:55 PM #4The Insane
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I was about to post that! Originally Posted by Captain N
he made a post, got mocked for not understanding it, and makes one a week later thinking everyone forgot how badly he fucked up understanding it?
No sir.
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2016-05-09, 06:57 PM #5Deleted
I'msure all those teenage girls on Facebook are furious.
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2016-05-09, 07:02 PM #6Over 9000!
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Before I even go read the article, I'll make a guess: this was due to "conservative news" having a high proportion of bullshit stories, misrepresentations, and outright fabrications. Originally Posted by Oktoberfest
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From Gizmodo's own article (the sources for which are all anonymous),
And,The former curator is politically conservative, one of a very small handful of curators with such views on the trending team. “I’d come on shift and I’d discover that CPAC or Mitt Romney or Glenn Beck or popular conservative topics wouldn’t be trending because either the curator didn’t recognize the news topic or it was like they had a bias against Ted Cruz.”So... to briefly paraphrase: politically conservative journalists unhappy colleagues don't respect Glenn Beck, Newsmax and Red State.Another former curator agreed that the operation had an aversion to right-wing news sources. “It was absolutely bias. We were doing it subjectively. It just depends on who the curator is and what time of day it is,” said the former curator. “Every once in awhile a Red State or conservative news source would have a story. But we would have to go and find the same story from a more neutral outlet that wasn’t as biased.”
Stories covered by conservative outlets (like Breitbart, Washington Examiner, and Newsmax) that were trending enough to be picked up by Facebook’s algorithm were excluded unless mainstream sites like the New York Times, the BBC, and CNN covered the same stories.
/yawn"In today’s America, conservatives who actually want to conserve are as rare as liberals who actually want to liberate. The once-significant language of an earlier era has had the meaning sucked right out of it, the better to serve as camouflage for a kleptocratic feeding frenzy in which both establishment parties participate with equal abandon" (Taking a break from the criminal, incompetent liars at the NSA, to bring you the above political observation, from The Archdruid Report.)
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2016-05-09, 07:03 PM #7The Unstoppable Force
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Well, they also made a thread titled "If you ever want to see proof of the Intellectual Dishonesty in action", so perhaps all of this was an elaborate setup to ascend to new heights of irony. Originally Posted by Vanyali
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2016-05-09, 07:04 PM #8High Overlord
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It doesn't really matter if they were. Facebook told us they have no editorial policy, so they shouldn't have been picking trends by hand. Originally Posted by ringpriest
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2016-05-09, 07:05 PM #9The Insane
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I mean.. it's Oktoberfest. He posts a bunch of wild conspiracy theories, shitposts in random threads, then gets banned for conspiracy theories. Originally Posted by Mehrunes
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2016-05-09, 07:06 PM #10Legendary!
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People obtaining their news from Facebook deserve to have it censored. That place is a cesspool of misinformation. Originally Posted by Oktoberfest
Eat yo vegetables
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2016-05-09, 07:06 PM #11The Lightbringer
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If they did, then I would like to see and example on how they censored conservatives.
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2016-05-09, 07:07 PM #12The Unstoppable Force
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I know that <.< Looks like my quip went undetected :< Originally Posted by Vanyali
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2016-05-09, 07:07 PM #13Mechagnome
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no surprise here, twitter does it as well. conservative thoughts on a majority left leaning media outlet and employees was bound to be censored
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2016-05-09, 07:08 PM #14Titan
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Amen. I even have to get onto my wife on occasion when she says something like, "Hey look what I just saw on FB" Originally Posted by PRE 9-11
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2016-05-09, 07:08 PM #15The Insane
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Noo it didn't, it's just.. I don't think it was, it's just how he is. Originally Posted by Mehrunes
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2016-05-09, 07:13 PM #16The Insane
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Wait, Gary Coleman didn't just die? W.T.F. Originally Posted by PRE 9-11
Originally Posted by Djalil
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2016-05-09, 07:31 PM #17Banned
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Nothing new.
Twitter and facebook are equally trash sites that is so biased towards left that it's disgusting.
Feminist/SJW shitholes, have no arguments so just censor opposing opinions instead.
This is a great article btw.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/is...rticle/2590519Last edited by Strangebrew; 2016-05-09 at 08:37 PM.
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2016-05-09, 08:29 PM #18Merely a Setback
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Aside from creating a bunch of butthurt Conservatwits, who cares? Facebook is a private organization and can promote whatever it darn well pleases. It's not against the law for private organizations not to promote or share materials from other organizations with whom they disagree. They're not a news agency and even news agencies no longer have any sort of legal or social mandate to report on issues in a non-biased fashion (thank you Fox). It doesn't violate your rights or the rights of businesses in any fashion when other businesses don't support you.
So to all I say: tough shit!Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.
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2016-05-09, 08:35 PM #19I am Murloc!
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But, but... Originally Posted by smrund
What are we gonna do now? Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
'Cause they're working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men To be young believers
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2016-05-09, 08:38 PM #20Merely a Setback
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I guess they need some kind of area where their views are protected and the opinions and views of others can't be shared...There's got to be some kind of space that can somehow be made safe for them to only read Breitbart and Fox News articles. Originally Posted by Pangean
But, but...
Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.
