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luvallpeeps

(1,286 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 08:52 PM Oct 2024

538

Don’t recall what talk show he was on, but I vividly remember Nate explaining his methodology, and how he works. He then sinisterly said something to this effect. Not only do I read take the polls and analyze them, I can also influence votes. It was creepy, and even back then, it seemed an open invitation to the highest bidder. Around 2012.

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538 (Original Post) luvallpeeps Oct 2024 OP
Nate Silver was fired from 538 two years ago. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #1
You're right. luvallpeeps Oct 2024 #2

luvallpeeps

(1,286 posts)
2. You're right.
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 09:27 PM
Oct 2024

Still don’t trust it. Or him.
Found on google-He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight, and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News, until May 2023. Since departing FiveThirtyEight, Silver has been publishing on his Substack blog Silver Bulletin and serves as an advisor to Polymarket.
Still working his magic.

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