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Comment by nooron

5 years ago

Two anecdotes on FB Groups:

First, I think the most-missed story about the 2016 election is the role that Groups played in Bernie Sander’s ascendance. The volume of meme content and direct voter contact that I received from Bernie volunteers and passive supporters from just a few major pro Bernie groups alone— ones that I was not even part of— exceeds the volume that I have received from all other campaigns online to date.

Second, in the early days of Groups, FB decided I was a very far right-wing activist and recommended that I join a series of groups agitating for a US military coup. I still have screenshots of it. It eventually got better at guessing my tastes.

Can you share some of the screenshots?

  • Yeah for sure. I found the post I made about it (01/24/2014) but I am going to have to dig through my messages/HD to find the screenshot. I'll post when I'm done w/ work