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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

      Note on K-pop stans and Tiktok teens playing the algorithms a they fake-snatched Trump tickets. From my 2016 book: Activists etc. are *always* attuned to such algorithms. But also note how Facebook's algorithm had downplayed Ferguson in 2014. Notice the gatekeeping by platforms.pic.twitter.com/SCR0PO2Obf

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

      When one group uses these algorithms effectively, supporters tend to celebrate. In 2012, it fell on deaf ears when a few of us tried to warn that the role Facebook was playing in elections wasn't healthy for democracy. It took 2016 to realize tools don't stay in one side's hands.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

      Instead of short-term celebration of whatever happens to please one group, people should think: Wait how will this be weaponized by someone else? (It will). What will happen to the public sphere? How could we design things for healthier outcomes no matter who the weaponizers are?

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Gabriel

      I got this same push-back in 2012 from many Obama supporters when I tried to warn about Facebook's potential deleterious impact. That it was about not liking the result or the people used the tool effectively.. for the moment. Look how that turned out.https://twitter.com/BillGarble/status/1274684223522107392 …

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      Gabriel @Comrade_Gaab
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      And now we’re all scrambling to discredit teens because adults cannot psychologically handle teens doing better than them
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Chris Thorpe-Tracey

      Yes, but. In 2012, Obama was truly much better than Romney at data and Facebook. In 2016, Facebook embedded their own highly-skilled staff with Trump campaign and solved their incompetence problem for them. "We'll always be better at this" is short-term.https://twitter.com/christt/status/1274685986467954689 …

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      Chris Thorpe-TraceyVerified account @christt
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      But also, doesn’t it take a particular level of stupid not to notice the locations of ticket buyers? I’m an individual running tiny stuff on my own by comparison and I would’ve noticed.
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

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      That's different. Yes, Trump is both dwindling in support and obviously, fewer people are going to risk indoor rallies without mask. What I'm talking about is that "sign up online" is likely dead, and that has a lot of implications we should talk about. https://twitter.com/Kgar_Horrible/status/1274686249639579649 …

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Michael Miles

          And, more, it becomes for sale. That's what happened to many other online grassroots tactics. They worked for a while, and then they became pay-platforms-to-play. Facebook gave "white glove" treatment to Duterte and embedded staff with Trump. So it goes.https://twitter.com/_m_miles/status/1274687514910097409 …

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          Michael Miles @_m_miles
          Thread. With so few at the vanguard of algorithm manipulation, most will become disenfranchised and alienated. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1274684767280250881 …
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rob Flaherty

          And what else? Who knows? What will their algorithm promote? Yes, Facebook is nontransparent and money-driven at the expense of a healthy public sphere—but wait till we get into the weeds of TikTok which is wild and huge and opaque and, yes, Beijing-based.https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/1274685844587241479 …

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          Rob FlahertyVerified account @Rob_Flaherty
          Saw a “Hillary Clinton is in court today for a child trafficking investigation” tiktok with like 800,000 views
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Jun 2020
          Replying to @nalepis

          The venue would never be full likely, what they hacked was the expectation game.

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        1. Karen Rylander‏ @KarenRylander 21 Jun 2020
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          Not only that, but wouldn’t knowing they had disbursed nearly a million tickets (per Trump) discourage you from going? I can’t stand Trump, but if I wanted to go, I certainly wouldn’t go to one that was already so overbooked.

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        1. Maximum Vaxxed Mary‏ @MaximumMary 21 Jun 2020
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          But the arenas haven’t been full for a long time, if they ever were. Same with ticketed no shows. There has been media coverage of this at the margins. But the WH buildup for this and KPop angle made the story unavoidable.

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