Renzatic on 9/5/2017 at 04:19
Quote Posted by PigLick
all this brexit talk and I still dont have my bacon
Piglick just ain't Piglick without a pig to lick.
heywood on 9/5/2017 at 18:46
Campaigning has always involved emotional manipulation, but yeah, I agree it's going to get worse. With the collection of vast portfolios of data on individuals, tools for mining it, and the technology to deliver an individually customized message for maximum effect, all that's lacking is smarter data science to really take advantage of it. So far, based on the micro-targeted ads that I get subjected to, I would say that software is still pretty dumb and we have time before it become highly effective.
One of the things that worries me for the future is that the big databases and advertising infrastructure needed to conduct future campaigns is controlled by a small handful of very large companies, mostly in silicon valley. Meaning there is a risk of our national parties and candidates becoming dependent on a small number of tech executives who could have more influence than any big donors currently do.
Fortunately, the big players like Google and Facebook have kept their services relatively open and politically neutral. But if for whatever reason these companies decided to use their services to promote a political agenda, like many media companies do, they could have a huge impact.
nickie on 9/5/2017 at 18:55
Quote Posted by heywood
It seems to be saying that . . .
Thank you. You always give me a lucid explanation and I'm grateful.
caffeinatedzombeh on 9/5/2017 at 19:56
Quote Posted by heywood
One of the things that worries me for the future is that the big databases and advertising infrastructure needed to conduct future campaigns is controlled by a small handful of very large companies, mostly in silicon valley. Meaning there is a risk of our national parties and candidates becoming dependent on a small number of tech executives who could have more influence than any big donors currently do.
It'll be interesting to see how these sorts of companies get on with their current strategy of "clicking on the advert counts as consent to do whatever we like with everything we can find about you" (coupled with hiding in parts of the world where pretty much all data is for sale to anyone) in a post GDPR world (not everything the EU has a hand in is a bad thing).
Starker on 8/6/2017 at 22:41
So, if you can trust the exit polls, it looks like the gamble didn't pay off and Tories will lose some seats, possibly even ending up short of the majority. Either way, doesn't look good for Theresa May.
Pyrian on 8/6/2017 at 23:00
Hmm. The same exit poll error that happened in 2015 would still give them a majority. Definitely not a good move, though.
Vivian on 9/6/2017 at 10:42
Right, so May accidentally kicked the ball into the neighbours garden, and now she's teaming up with the local creationist, racist, sexist fuckwits to go fish it out. Awesome.
heywood on 9/6/2017 at 12:37
So I guess I was right to be skeptical. What are the chances that May gets replaced?
Vivian on 9/6/2017 at 13:08
I'd say pretty high, but not sure when.
demagogue on 9/6/2017 at 14:31
I guess it wouldn't properly be 2017 unless you traded in one barmy government for one even more duff.
