Beware arguments of the form "indicator X was right and polls were wrong" 1. Looks like substantial polling error but engagement on FB public pages, um, unlikely to be better. 2. By this logic, anything that favors conservatives would be better. Why is FB page engagement the key? https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/1323900526816227330 …
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Replying to @BrendanNyhan
Because it reflects something very real about people? I’ve been saying this for a decade, but imo Facebook is not best understood in “media effects” tradition. It’s socialization, both reflective of it and a dynamic in it. And it’s thus underestimated by looking at it as “media.”
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Replying to @zeynep @BrendanNyhan
Hm, but what we know from Facebook data (engagement on public pages only) presents such an incomplete picture of the political discussion. It's not that we can't learn from it, so much as it's very hard to generalize from - harder even than the very troubled state of polls.
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It's a signal people shouldn't ignore. The idea isn't that it's representative of the whole country or everyone. But it's a real signal, and a strong one if you ask me.
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