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News / Re: Facebook's Left-Leaning Bias
« Last post by simms3 on May 12, 2016, 06:11:22 PM »In fact if you read the article, data is from 2011 (irrelevant at this point) and Ad Age starts to see a dip at age 30.
Well the algorithm also features items that get more clicks. Overall liberal sources get more clicks because more people on fb tend to be liberal mainly due to age demographics. However, if you are a raging conservative you will be shown more similar right-leaning articles because it knows your preferences. If anything can be said about fb article selections it is that there is A TON of confirmation bias being perpetuated across the platform. Especially since people tend to only follow those friends with similar views on their feeds. I've been guilty of that myself but I only unfollow friends who never post anything but political opinions especially when they are "that crazy conservative uncle" type. Ultimately, if you don't like looking at liberal news sources of fb then get off fb. They are a private company. Maybe get on Fox's social media site?... oh wait, that's right.
I'm not saying you're wrong, these are honest questions:
1) Do you know that for a fact about the algorithm Facebook uses or are you assuming it?
2) Do you have statistics that show that Facebook users tend to be more liberal than conservative? In my experience (totally not based on anything other than that), I see lots of conservatives - though my friends tend to be more liberal. Facebook seems kind of universal/ubiquitous at this point, so I would assume its users would mimic the general population.
To an extent, #2 can be inferred (although granted that certainly doesn't mean it's proven) due to the fact that the majority of people who use Facebook are of millennial age, and the majority of millennials lean more toward liberal ideologies.
You always have something to say that's very 'meaningful' MMR. You never fail to disappoint; keep up the good work...
Well the algorithm also features items that get more clicks. Overall liberal sources get more clicks because more people on fb tend to be liberal mainly due to age demographics. However, if you are a raging conservative you will be shown more similar right-leaning articles because it knows your preferences. If anything can be said about fb article selections it is that there is A TON of confirmation bias being perpetuated across the platform. Especially since people tend to only follow those friends with similar views on their feeds. I've been guilty of that myself but I only unfollow friends who never post anything but political opinions especially when they are "that crazy conservative uncle" type. Ultimately, if you don't like looking at liberal news sources of fb then get off fb. They are a private company. Maybe get on Fox's social media site?... oh wait, that's right.
I'm not saying you're wrong, these are honest questions:
1) Do you know that for a fact about the algorithm Facebook uses or are you assuming it?
2) Do you have statistics that show that Facebook users tend to be more liberal than conservative? In my experience (totally not based on anything other than that), I see lots of conservatives - though my friends tend to be more liberal. Facebook seems kind of universal/ubiquitous at this point, so I would assume its users would mimic the general population.