"It's creating a safe space for people who share a viewpoint, who feel like the open social networks are not fun places for them," said the head of uCampaign, a company which develops such apps.https://nyti.ms/2Ak8hrQ
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The Great America app, created by a pro-Trump PAC, mixes enthusiastic posts about the president and photos of puppies with anti-immigrant memes like "Today’s illegals, tomorrow’s Democrats."https://nyti.ms/2Ak8hrQ
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The Great America app also hosts a ritual called "Fake News Friday," in which it awards "Trump points" to users who post liberal-bashing, mainstream-media-trashing memes.https://nyti.ms/2Ak8hrQ
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In the U.S., uCampaign apps, such as those it produced for Great America, the NRA and the Family Research Council, have been downloaded more than 500,000 times.https://nyti.ms/2Ak8hrQ
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uCampaign is also spreading its tools globally — to conservative political parties, anti-abortion groups, and other causes in Europe and countries including Canada and Australia.https://nyti.ms/2Ak8hrQ
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uCampaign is also mentioned in the UK Parliament Select Committee interim report on its links to AggregateIQ and Cambridge Analytica. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/363.pdf …pic.twitter.com/hrOrrfIHQG
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And still used by the Conservative Party it seems, without any GDPR protection
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Do you give even a fraction of this much press to prison strikes or the Marriott worker strikes?
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*checks notes* nope.
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Sooooo a safe space you might say
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How cute, a safe space for the snowflakes to throw their tantrums
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In other words, people created a platform, in the private sector, that will act as a competitor to the biased social media outlets we have today. How dare they participate in a free market and uphold the right to free speech! This post is laughable...
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No, the fear is that if all conservatives leave the main social media, they will be in their own isolated information silo where they can be manipulated more easily. The rest of us will just be left with Russian trolls and no conservatives to correct us.
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While I would not go on a platform with the idea to be amongst people with the same thoughts, I do not see how this is any different from FB, Twitter, or Instagram.
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On Twitter, at least, you can follow a variety of different kinds of people and see different viewpoints. Alternatively, you can follow just people you already agree with and be in as deep and dark a silo as anywhere else. Thanks for engaging.
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That’s very true. I stand by my original comment. However, like I said, I would not join, only because I like engaging with people with differing opinions. It’s how we grow. Thank you for being polite and engaging!
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Vote next month. Vote
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