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PaulieWalnuts:
I'm not familiar with the company. How do you feel about companies taking this firm of a position in politics? Reading further into this shows it's not really about supporting Biden but removing Trump. Would you continue to support them if they firmly were against your preferred candidate? What if it was one of the top three micros wanting to get rid of Biden?
I have a feeling this will quickly go off the rails into hate but I wanted to see if we could have some debate on companies openly trying to influence elections.
https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/04/introducing-photographersforbiden-a-new-project-by-feature-shoot/
SuperPhoto:
lol, what's the "rule" about the three things you should never discuss? politics, religion, & something else?
keeping it strictly analytical (without taking sides), based on your question:
a) it does appear to be specifically designed to get biden elected. there was a news article recently (which I can't seem to find at the moment, frustrating - but 3-4 days ago) - but if I recall the gist of it - it was a higher up in the army that supported biden that said they were specifically going to use a disinformation campaign against trump (the same type of algorithms they used against other hostile nations), and pay social influencers big $$$ to put their support behind biden.
b) educated guess - I would say probably most people would not (knowingly) support a company/person/etc that had a different value system from their own. meaning, if someone liked trump, I don't believe they would knowingly support a biden campaign, and vice versa, if someone liked biden, don't think they would knowingly support a trump campaign.
c) it does seem to be more about 'how can we manipulate someone into voting for _______', as opposed to 'how can we find the person that will govern the best, put the interests of the people at the forefront, and govern the best to ensure everyone can have a "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"'...
marthamarks:
--- Quote from: SuperPhoto on May 08, 2020, 15:00 ---
there was a news article recently (which I can't seem to find at the moment, frustrating - but 3-4 days ago) - but if I recall the gist of it - it was a higher up in the army that supported biden that said they were specifically going to use a disinformation campaign against trump (the same type of algorithms they used against other hostile nations), and pay social influencers big $$$ to put their support behind biden.
--- End quote ---
LOL, indeed.
IMHO, what you wrote above sounds exactly like the kind of vague, untraceable, made-up "news articles" anonymously planted in the darkest corners of the web with the express intent of smearing and slandering a candidate the poster does not support.
You know, the kind of slimy, unproven and unprovable rumors that shouldn't even be there to find in the first place, much less eagerly read, and for sure not gleefully passed on to others.
So, thanks for the tip, but I prefer the news I find on reputable news outlets.
georgep7:
Politics, religion and sports.
They actually require $15 fee for image submissions.
Plus two beloved words "exciting news"
Hah!
https://featureshoot.submittable.com/submit/153935/feature-shoot-submissions
SuperPhoto:
--- Quote from: marthamarks on May 08, 2020, 15:10 ---
--- Quote from: SuperPhoto on May 08, 2020, 15:00 ---
there was a news article recently (which I can't seem to find at the moment, frustrating - but 3-4 days ago) - but if I recall the gist of it - it was a higher up in the army that supported biden that said they were specifically going to use a disinformation campaign against trump (the same type of algorithms they used against other hostile nations), and pay social influencers big $$$ to put their support behind biden.
--- End quote ---
LOL, indeed.
IMHO, what you wrote above sounds exactly like the kind of vague, untraceable, made-up "news articles" anonymously planted in the darkest corners of the web with the express intent of smearing and slandering a candidate the poster does not support.
You know, the kind of slimy, unproven and unprovable rumors that shouldn't even be there to find in the first place, much less eagerly read, and for sure not gleefully passed on to others.
So, thanks for the tip, but I prefer the news I find on reputable news outlets.
--- End quote ---
<sigh> okay then... I spent a few minutes finding the article, just for you...
here is your article, do you consider the washington post, in your humble opinion, to be worthy of a read?
washingtonpost.com/politics/technology-once-used-to-combat-isis-propaganda-is-enlisted-by-democratic-group-to-counter-trumps-coronavirus-messaging/2020/05/01/6bed5f70-8a5b-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html
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