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Facebook Changes "Political Views" Options to Political Parties

Today Facebook changed the way it lets users identify their political views today, replacing a simple spectrum of views with a cluttered list of international political parties. Organizing people into political parties allows Facebook to sell microtargeted ads to advertisers looking to reach, say, Democrats in Ohio. Unfortunately, the change in emphasizing in party over position will organize a small base of users who self-identify as members of the national parties, and scatter the rest into free-form identification.

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Mar 5, 10:57 PM /

 

My thoughts exactly.

Maybe I’m just indecisive today, but I couldn’t pick one sentence or paragraph to quote from what Chris Bowers wrote today.

Oct 23, 10:02 PM / Comment

 

Pelosi throws in the towel.

Oct 2, 08:48 PM / Comment

 

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