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Report: Facebook omitted conservative topics from trending list

X Factor said:
Would you like a list of such sites? I'm guessing you'd be very fond of those particular sites.
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A list of what sites?

I thought Facebook was supposed to be apolitical? Really don't know and I'm proud to say I don't have a Facebook account.
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Facebook is supposed collect your information and sell it to third party advertisers. That's why I say the user is the product. A distinct lack of any means of contacting customer support should be testament to that, just as a box of oreos lacks the means to contact Nabisco directly.
 
X Factor said:
It wasn't a question (you can tell by the lack of question marks), so it is a little dishonest to say he "asked". He didn't. He was summarizing your post (as he interpreted it).
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You're half right. He wasn't asking me to give him a conservative alternative, he was ordering me to. So he ordered, and I obeyed.
 
Cardinal said:
A list of what sites?
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Sites we find biased and unfair. Those sure sound like places you'd enjoy.

Facebook is supposed collect your information and sell it to third party advertisers. That's why I say the user is the product. A distinct lack of any means of contacting customer support should be testament to that, just as a box of oreos lacks the means to contact Nabisco directly.
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That you deleted the question I asked is a pretty obvious answer to it. No worries, I'm not exactly shocked. :lamo
 
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Cardinal said:
Ahem. Your words:



You asked, I answered.

No need to be all butthurt about it.
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Now you take my words describing YOUR POST and try and pass it off as a question...

You are the poster child for dishonesty

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X Factor said:
Sites we find biased and unfair. Those sure sound like places you'd enjoy.



That you deleted the question I asked is a pretty obvious answer to it. No worries, I'm not exactly shocked. :lamo:
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He won't answer mine either and instead resorted to the same level of blatant dishonesty as the liberal turds on Facebook did.
 
Cardinal said:
You're half right. He wasn't asking me to give him a conservative alternative, he was ordering me to. So he ordered, and I obeyed.
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Nope and you know what you're saying is not true so you are being intentionally dishonest. :)
 
X Factor said:
Sites we find biased and unfair. Those sure sound like places you'd enjoy.
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Would it be your problem either way?

X Factor said:
That you deleted the question I asked is a pretty obvious answer to it. No worries, I'm not exactly shocked. :lamo
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If you like, I can re-insert your bait question and simply ignore it instead. It's all the same to me.
 
X Factor said:
It is dishonest but him being liberal is irrelevant.
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Sorry, but I have run into more liberals than I can count over the last 15+ years, that engage in this type of dishonesty in order to avoid discussing things they find politically unpleasant. I can't say the same about the conservatives I've encountered.
 
Grim17 said:
He won't answer mine either and instead resorted to the same level of blatant dishonesty as the liberal turds on Facebook did.
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Again, "turds" abound within all political leans. My sincere suggestion would be that you don't reply to him anymore. Remember that definition of insanity?
 
Cardinal said:
You're half right. He wasn't asking me to give him a conservative alternative, he was ordering me to. So he ordered, and I obeyed.
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That's another lie... Something you obviously rely on during discussion about politics.
 
X Factor said:
Again, "turds" abound within all political leans. My sincere suggestion would be that you don't reply to him anymore. Remember that definition of insanity?
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You can call them angels if you like, but I call them as I see them and turds seems very appropriate.
 
Cardinal said:
Would it be your problem either way?
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Well it might be if you asked me for such a list. I'd have to decide if it was worth the effort. Would you spend lots of time on those sites?

If you like, I can re-insert your bait question and simply ignore it instead. It's all the same to me.
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I was sincerely curious about the answer but don't worry about it, I have my answer.
 
X Factor said:
Nope and you know what you're saying is not true so you are being intentionally dishonest. :)
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[get] "Back to me and what "service" myself and conservatives should use..."

The bracket is mine and what I saw, since the syntax was confusing either way. I see now what he was saying. I was merely suggesting that if he found Facebook unpleasant, there were likely alternatives (that are also free) on the internet. I wasn't telling him what he should use because that decision is not at all mine to make. I just know that, speaking entirely for myself, if I was upset by the behavior of those running a website, I would not use that website. Especially if it were free and I had nothing financially invested in it to begin with.
 
X Factor said:
Well it might be if you asked me for such a list. I'd have to decide if it was worth the effort. Would you spend lots of time on those sites?
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Well I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal. I'm not aware of a strong political bias in that site but I suppose someone could read something into anything.

X Factor said:
I was sincerely curious about the answer but don't worry about it, I have my answer.
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Cardinal said:
[get] "Back to me and what "service" myself and conservatives should use..."

The bracket is mine and what I saw, since the syntax was confusing either way. I see now what he was saying.
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convenient

I was merely suggesting that if he found Facebook unpleasant, there were likely alternatives (that are also free) on the internet. I wasn't telling him what he should use because that decision is not at all mine to make. I just know that, speaking entirely for myself, if I was upset by the behavior of those running a website, I would not use that website. Especially if it were free and I had nothing financially invested in it to begin with.
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Right, and your suggestion was Stormfront. Says more about you really.
 
Cardinal said:
[get] "Back to me and what "service" myself and conservatives should use..."

The bracket is mine and what I saw, since the syntax was confusing either way. I see now what he was saying. I was merely suggesting that if he found Facebook unpleasant, there were likely alternatives (that are also free) on the internet. I wasn't telling him what he should use because that decision is not at all mine to make. I just know that, speaking entirely for myself, if I was upset by the behavior of those running a website, I would not use that website. Especially if it were free and I had nothing financially invested in it to begin with.
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And if things went as they wanted it to they never would have admitted what they were doing, that's a particularly effective form of censorship and shaping opinion. You can't agree or disagree if you have never seen it.
 
Cardinal said:
Well I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal. I'm not aware of a strong political bias in that site but I suppose someone could read something into anything.
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I like him too. He's definitely left leaning but still funny as all hell and a talented artist. I actually learned something about cats from him.
 
Cardinal said:
Highly inconvenient would have been to continue claiming that what he said was a request/demand even after realizing it wasn't.
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Yeah, especially after I called you on it.
 
OpportunityCost said:
And if things went as they wanted it to they never would have admitted what they were doing, that's a particularly effective form of censorship and shaping opinion. You can't agree or disagree if you have never seen it.
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What I'm interested in knowing is that now that conservatives are on to the liberal bent of Facebook will they move on to something else? Because I can tell you that while it isn't impossible, it's highly unlikely that Facebook is going to listen to its users. I know this from personal experience.
 
X Factor said:
Yeah, especially after I called you on it.
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It was actually governess. I was confused as to why she was essentially agreeing that I was lying, which made me go back and figure out what I got wrong. Grim writes badly so his syntax was confusing but I got it eventually.
 
Cardinal said:
It was actually governess. I was confused as to why she was essentially agreeing that I was lying, which made me go back and figure out what I got wrong. Grim writes badly so his syntax was confusing but I got it eventually.
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Wait. I agreed that you were lying? I don't think so.
 
Cardinal said:
It was actually governess. I was confused as to why she was essentially agreeing that I was lying, which made me go back and figure out what I got wrong. Grim writes badly so his syntax was confusing but I got it eventually.
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Ok, this I believe (for real) and, as TheGoverness is a stand up person by all I can see, she totally deserves whatever credit she gets, for real (always feel I need to make it clear when I'm not being sarcastic).
 
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