People are Manipulating You on Facebook - Smarter Every Day

Part 3 of Smarter Every Day's look at social media manipulation, this time taking a look at Facebook.
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notarobotsays...

This problem isn't only an issue on facebook. It effects basically every social media site, including twitter, youtube, reddit, and linkedin.

There have even been issues with manipulation on Videosift---though the community structure here is very well designed, to combat that sort of thing.

*news *quality *promote *worldaffairs (for mention of the Myanmar genocide.)

Mystic95Zsaid:

Not me they aren't, I dont do facebook never have never will.

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eric3579says...

You probably saw the other videos he had done on YouTube and Twiter manipulation, but in case you hadn't...

YouTube manipulation https://videosift.com/video/Manipulating-the-YouTube-Algorithm-Smarter-Every-Day-213

Twitter manipulation https://videosift.com/video/Twitter-Platform-Manipulation-Part-2-3-Smarter-Every-Day

notarobotsaid:

This problem isn't only an issue on facebook. It effects basically every social media site, including twitter, youtube, reddit, and linkedin.

BSRsays...

As long as we have @newtboy here, we're protected. And as far I know he's not a bot. Bot's don't have emotions.

newtboysays...

My wife says I have zeal and a passion for truth, but I'm otherwise an emotionless bastard....and that's why she loves me.

BSRsaid:

As long as we have @newtboy here, we're protected. And as far I know he's not a bot. Bot's don't have emotions.

BSRsays...

She's doing the right thing. I like her already. : )

newtboysaid:

but I'm otherwise an emotionless bastard....and that's why she loves me.

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