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    @shapesalad

    I agree with you that a few ads on our timelines shouldn't be an issue in this day and age to those who are savvy to their dark ways (fuck Fairy Liquid and Nanette Newman).

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    But that's not the issue with what has happened over the past couple of years – it's the fuckwits who are susceptible to the kind of vulgar persuasion being used that are the issue. The simple minded Trump followers in the US; the gammon faced blowhards in the UK. In the US it only took 70k voted to swing the electoral college and with Brexit, leave had a tiny majority.

    Never underestimate the ignorance and gullibility of the man on the street. On a purely anecdotal level, I watched my own Dad turn into a dribbling xenophobe during the Brexit campaign and I was shocked at the level of arsehole he was conversing with on Facebook. The state of his feed was ridiculous and he would not accept it was colouring his view of the world.

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    • Fair point. Fairy point.shapesalad
    • yep +1fadein11
    • propaganda has always worked on the weak minded, and will always work on the weak minded. whatever form it takes.Gnash
    • this kind of hyperbolic creation only serves to strengthen and justify the inevitable calls for more gov't intervention where it doesn't belongGnash
    • there are already laws for this kind of privacy breach. charge them appropriately and move on.Gnash
    • the catastrophizing is just colouring the other 'dribbling' arseholes world viewsGnash
    • I should say about my Dad, and I think this is key, I was wrong to say 'turn into a dribbling xenophobe'; it obviously always there and the micro-targeting...Wolfboy
    • ...and fake news bots brought it to the surface.Wolfboy
    • I often wonder how far does this 'fake reality' lead us? BBC? FOX? Or just facebook?mugwart
    • the problem is the internet is still relatively new media, kids will be able to identify all the signs of blatant manipulation. The old guard can't and that'sfadein11
    • why it worked so well with Brexit and Trump. Throw in stupidity and hunger for a vote of protest (as opposed to voting for something you genuinely believe in)fadein11
    • and the process is pretty much screwed from the outset.fadein11
    • and let's not forget Cambridge Analytics didn't just work the data, they also came up with some of the key campaign soundbytes used by the Dotard.fadein11
    • sounds like CA were doing their job, thenGnash
    • Oh yes, they delivered.fadein11
    • and I don't think that was ever in question, was it?fadein11
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