The Trump Presidency VI: Stormy Weather

If you put a very large sign on your property, and (indirectly) charge your neighbors for the right to write on that sign, would you worry about what they come up with? Would it be alright for one of them to write that Hillary Clinton is a child molester? Remember, this is the sign that you provided, and it is up on your property.

That seems to me a reasonably fair, if not perfect, analogy.

 

Maybe a cork board at the local Starbucks/coffee shop works better?

 

As expected, Trump's numbers are tickling down again....He being murdered by women.....

A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters give President Trump a negative 37% to 58% approval rating, down from 40% to 55% earlier this month.

By a 57% to 41% margin voters say that Trump is not fit to serve as president. There is a wide gender gap, with men divided 49% to 49% on whether Trump is fit. Women say 65% to 33% he is not fit.

 

Too bad the approval among Russian bots is still very high...

 

I don't think this would fly in court, Facebook will say they are not a publisher, but it is worth a try.

 

What if I do not charge my neighbor but I get money from advertisements?

 

True, they are not a traditional publisher. Although I suggested in a previous post that they might be considered liable, I don't know if that is the right approach. What I do know is that ignoring the situation doesn't work. Somehow, we need to grapple with the issue of the responsibilities of those who host social-media platforms.

 

The way we approach child porn may be a way, but it is tricky, and that is something that is not that controversial (in terms of going after the people that distribute it).

 

The script for a crisis actor




Remember to act human.

 

Oh dear God.

He’s in the uncanny valley. His personality I mean.

 

He has '45' embroidered onto his shirt? Impeach.

 

Is that a post-it?

 

It’s not on my property. People only get what I post on or like in their page, not what’s on my page.

If someone posts Clinton is a child molester it is not broadcast to my friends, just the friends of the poster.

So it’s not a perfect analogy, it’s downright shitty.

 

I'm not sure you understood the analogy.

 

Where are you going with this? I said in my analogy that it is on your property. You don't get to change that. So I guess you are arguing that the analogy is bad because Facebook pages aren't Facebook property ... but they are.

 

I can't help but feel embarrassed....That the US of A voted this cretin and charlatan to be President is simply insane.

 

It could be his IQ

 

I felt the same way immediately after the election for a few weeks. Like "you really did this, huh Whitandia? Well he will surely act like an adult because of the office and our place in the world" Then he's Trumped us since Day 1 and it's been a surreal experience. Like a really smart woman somehow married to a drunken slob who beats & berates her. "How fhe F did I wind up like this?" Our political life under Trump is just depressing & tiring. We didn't have to hear from Obama each day cause we knew he was working.

 

About every 10 days, I am a bit overcome with thought/feeling.
Embarrassment
Shame
Sadness

Ending in anger

 

Men are dopier in almost all respects.

 

Facebook posts are public. Would you blame your city government if someone painted graffiti?

 

Because they explicitly say they own it and they can do tons of things with the info they acquire from you..

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/facebook-terms-condition_n_5551965.html

 

Your analogy is poor.

Facebook uses algorithms to “trend” certain posts. They don’t care about veracity. That’s the problem we’re talking about.