Here's how Facebook is f'ing with you

[FlatBaroque]

So on my feed I get posts from Cenk. And he posts an article from Salon titled...

This is one weak nominee: Hillary Clinton’s problem isn’t Bernie Sanders. It’s Hillary Clinton

The current layout of Facebook is that when you see a post from someone to whom you subscribe, below it you will see a "People also shared", which is the same as the Amazon, "May we suggest" below a product description.

Below the article from Salon, Facebook determined it would be good for me to click on the following three links:

PEOPLE ALSO SHARED


Reporters gasp in outrage that Hillary Clinton dares raise her voice, don't notice men shouting
Apparently it’s sexism week in coverage of the Democratic presidential primary. Ha, just kidding: Like there’s only one week when sexism rules coverage of anything Hillary Clinton is involved in. And
ShareSaveDAILY KOS · 16,735 SHARES

How Those Anti-Hillary Lefties Are Being Trolled By The Right
Next time someone calls you a sheep for supporting Hillary Clinton, show them this article. They might be the real sheep.
ShareSaveADDICTING INFO · 19,101 SHARES

This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest | Jill Abramson
I’ve investigated Hillary and know she likes a ‘zone of privacy’ around her. This lack of transparency, rather than any actual corruption, is her greatest flaw
ShareSaveTHE GUARDIAN · 195,339 SHARES

It was like I somehow ended up in the DU Hillary Clinton Group. LOL

[Alex4Martinez]

1. Facebook makes a lot of money that way. Groups pay to promote their pages.

For some community work, I've done this, promoted a Facebook "Community" page.
You can buy likes, a few dollars for a few dozen likes. And I'm sure that bigger buys result in landing first or second in those recommended lists.
Pretty brilliant, how data mining and sharing and selling visibility on a FREE social media thing made whats-his-name a billionaire!

[chervilant]

2. I always go through

FB's little ritual of identifying said posts as "offensive" or "spam." I don't like being spoon-fed Hi11ary's propaganda.

[vintx]

3. Good idea

I will start doing the same

[FlatBaroque]

7. This needs to become a standard practice for as many people as will do it.

[FlatBaroque]

6. OMG I just started doing that today, which is why I posted this thread.

[bemildred]

4. I don't use facebook, it annoys me. nt

[FlatBaroque]

8. For a middle aged person like me, facebook is pretty annoying

but the reality is that it is a platform where people are going and being influenced. The social media landscape is critically relevant to politics now.

[bemildred]

9. No shit. nt

[NCTraveler]

5. Facebook is my go-to for polling. nt.