[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I actually feel sorry for facebook, it was invented by kids for kids... it's been exploited as much as we have.

Originally Posted by Kizzy

No, half of me thinks this is a rouse to ruin fb, it's not working for the right wing it's being used as a galvanising tool for the left and they hate that. Society are pooling against all manner of injustice that exposes them as they hack away at resources for schools, kids, housing, while all the while feathering their nest with raises fiddling expenses turning blind eyes to tax dodging not dong enough on minimum wage dodgers, siphoning money out of the country with hairbrained schemes like the garden bridge while selling off anything and everything else.

They tried to make social media work for them but it hasn't so now it must go.

Smudgie made a good point most sites you go on are accessible, your info is gathered isn't that how ads are targeted? I look for a holiday and then for the next 3 months jet2, and other travel company ads show on pages I visit :/

that's an about turn ... so when you thought fb was working for the right it was exploitation but now it appears it is actually working for the left, the right want to scrap it

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

that's an about turn ... so when you thought fb was working for the right it was exploitation but now it appears it is actually working for the left, the right want to scrap it

Are you deliberately misunderstanding things?

The right as stated in your article were extracting data from facebook, not engaging with it or having their party engaged with in any meaningful way.

My point today was that seeing as their attempts to engage failed, they cannot connect to the public as it's clear they have nothing but soundbites to offer and any page was dominated with angry people wanting to know why they were doing what they were doing on everything from HS2 to brexit to fracking to ATOS to universal credit. They had nothing to say to allay any fears.

Labour on the other hand and Corbyn in particular were gaining massive support via social media and it was a force to be reckoned with in the respect that it galvanised communities and gave hope to those suffering due to government cuts and caps.


Their extrapolation of data is now thwarted due to the whistleblower, so my point today is they now no longer have any use for facebook which is why I believe they will want it ended.