i get the cynicism, but i also kind of don't.... campaigns win elections, no?
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Replying to @__smiz @kimmaicutler
I don't actually accept the premise to be clear that Facebook did decide the election but if you do, I think that would be troubling. There's a big difference between saying campaigns win elections and saying specifically your Facebook strategy should decide elections
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Replying to @EricNewcomer @kimmaicutler
Could you elaborate on the difference? Times change, and so do campaigns - it's not about phone calls & posters as it is about digital marketing. And Facebook is one part of that. If the strategy is successful, then it could potentially swing an election?
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Replying to @__smiz @kimmaicutler
1. the consolidation within a particular company rather than general practices like phone calls and posters should be alarming. 2. Facebook specific political ad critiques have been made elsewherehttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html …
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Replying to @EricNewcomer @kimmaicutler
Right but you yourself reject the premise that Facebook didn’t decide the election. And in fairness to Boz, a digital ad campaign includes things like Trump’s rallies, tv appearances, and tweets. I agree his wording could’ve been better, but it was internal?
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Replying to @__smiz @EricNewcomer
Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted Bobby Goodlatte
https://twitter.com/rsg/status/1195206711235108864?s=21 …https://twitter.com/rsg/status/1195206711235108864 …
Kim-Mai Cutler added,
Bobby Goodlatte @rsgWe vastly under-consider how much the communication medium of the day *selects* the politicians we choose between. The medium has the biggest vote. Whenever it changes—so do the sort of candidates pushed to the fore. The medium is the message—and it selects the legislature too. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1195183984516435970 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @kimmaicutler @EricNewcomer
Right exactly, I just don’t see how that’s any different from saying TV elected a president 20 years. This goes back to the JFK/Nixon debate, and probably even further!
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(Heh probably more than 20 years ago, I might be losing my sense of time....
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Replying to @__smiz @kimmaicutler
it just seems you are begging the question with "campaigns win elections" The question is should Facebook change its policies so campaigns campaign more justly/democratically/virtuously Saying this is how campaigns work now just skips the debate about how it ought to be
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There were also regulations in the TV era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @EricNewcomer
Yup! Though I think you’re also aware of the trickiness around that regulation, in particular. I do think things should change, but I doubt if, things were different, that the result would be too
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