If a poll "impacts voter behavior", how do we even know if it was wrong? If weather forecasts are often wrong, should all weather forecasts be blocked? Prediction related to COVID was wrong several times, so if the the black death comes around, should we block all predictions? Should classification of carcinogens be banned because we don't actually know who will get cancer?
This is not an NYT, FOX, or CNN problem. This is a Fourth Estate problem.
Once upon a time, politicians of all stripes were afraid of the Fourth Estate, because if a politician did wrong, their career got destroyed -- couldn't win an election for dog catcher. Generally. It wasn't a perfect system, but what human system is?
Then the Fourth Estate learned the "Rules of Acquisition" and became the Fourth Prostitutes, seeking money glorious money...their mantra is money and they have forgotten their role in society.
The problem with being a prostitute is that you have to do a lot of service, in order to get the money. So all the issue of the Fourth Prostitutes are now servicing one agenda or another: Some do it for one side; some for the other; some do it for whoever comes around waving money; and some do it if someone comes around threatening to stop up a money flow.
It's gotten so bad that the press is routinely physically attacked -- with impunity. Used to be that the only thing worse for your career than hurting a reporter was shooting a cop. These days they can't even work up a good ire for fear of annoying someone they're servicing.
I am sure NYT publishing these articles was just a good day's servicing.
So... that's preposterously broad. If some comment spammer shows up in the Techdirt comments and posts some nonsense "promoting" drugs, I would have to file an official report with the DOJ? This would be an incredible burden for nearly any website.
It's also going to be an incredible burden on the DOJ. When the first day -- and every day thereafter -- brings them a ten petabyte haystack to search for needles, do you think they will use the needles instead to grow Scarecrow's brain?
Innovators create new things to sell, and are well aware others will jump to imitate (imitation is what we do best). They never stop creating; ignoring imitators; profiting before the imitators come out in force.
IP lawyers find something to patent, and milk imitators until it all turns to dust, creating nothing. If it were up to IP lawyers we'd still be living in frigid caves, because warmth is patented.
...despite the fact that no one has shown any actual evidence of anti-conservative bias beyond assholes, trolls, and literal Nazis upset that they got banned.
Ummmm...point...they haven't shown any evidence, either. Not of anti-conservative bias. Their so-called "conservative speech"...isn't.
I simply can't imagine that said data will show that intrusive ads that everyone hates are good for the company.
I don't know what planet you live on, but...
What's good for the company -- any company -- is profit. Always, only profit. All the evils that companies do to consumers -- intrusive ads, invasion of privacy, regulatory capture, intellectual property abuse, price gouging, and etc. -- it's all done in service of greater profit. The theory that companies should benefit anyone other than themselves went out before button shoes.
You say that you "...can't imagine that said data will show...," well, the only data Twitch management will consider is the bottom line. Outraged comments will be ignored. "Talent" that votes with their feet will be ignored. If the bottom line tilts up, Twitch will do these ads, and the "talent" is given a blunt choice: live with it or go elsewhere.
On the post: How Should Social Media Handle Election Polls That Turned Out To Be Misinformation?
Should we forecast?
If a poll "impacts voter behavior", how do we even know if it was wrong? If weather forecasts are often wrong, should all weather forecasts be blocked? Prediction related to COVID was wrong several times, so if the the black death comes around, should we block all predictions? Should classification of carcinogens be banned because we don't actually know who will get cancer?
Prediction of the future is a very special case.
On the post: AT&T Gives Up On DSL, Leaving Many Out Of Broadband's Reach
Reading between the lines
First the Dish dump, now this. Both very uncharacteristic. Is AT&T hinting of bankruptcy?
On the post: Devin Nunes Asks Appeals Court To Invalidate Bedrock Supreme Court 1st Amendment Ruling
Impressively thin skin
For some people, it truly is the principle of the thing. If SCOTUS lets him down, where does he go from there?
Constitutional Amendment to repeal the First Amendment?
Constitutional convention?
Revolution?
On the post: NY Times Editorial Pages Fuck Up Again: Publishes Chinese Official's Ridiculous Defense Of Stifling Freedom In Hong Kong
Fourth Estate Problem
This is not an NYT, FOX, or CNN problem. This is a Fourth Estate problem.
Once upon a time, politicians of all stripes were afraid of the Fourth Estate, because if a politician did wrong, their career got destroyed -- couldn't win an election for dog catcher. Generally. It wasn't a perfect system, but what human system is?
Then the Fourth Estate learned the "Rules of Acquisition" and became the Fourth Prostitutes, seeking money glorious money...their mantra is money and they have forgotten their role in society.
The problem with being a prostitute is that you have to do a lot of service, in order to get the money. So all the issue of the Fourth Prostitutes are now servicing one agenda or another: Some do it for one side; some for the other; some do it for whoever comes around waving money; and some do it if someone comes around threatening to stop up a money flow.
It's gotten so bad that the press is routinely physically attacked -- with impunity. Used to be that the only thing worse for your career than hurting a reporter was shooting a cop. These days they can't even work up a good ire for fear of annoying someone they're servicing.
I am sure NYT publishing these articles was just a good day's servicing.
On the post: California Intelligence Center's Facial Recognition Searches Are Turning Good Evidence Into Illegally-Obtained Evidence
Re: Turning valid evidence into illegal evidence?
Oh, well. Looks like SFPD and will have to go back to parallel construction.
On the post: Canadian Man Arrested For Not Being A Terrorist
Stay behind the Joneses
Memo to RCMP: Stop trying to outdo US DOJ.
On the post: Why Do Republican Senators Seem To Want To Turn Every Website Into A Trash Heap Of Racism & Abuse?
Possible reason
Because they seem to want to turn the whole world into a trash heap of racism and abuse -- and they have to start somewhere?
On the post: I See This Stupid New Section 230 Bill, And I Say It's A Stupid Section 230 Bill
The meaning of haystack
It's also going to be an incredible burden on the DOJ. When the first day -- and every day thereafter -- brings them a ten petabyte haystack to search for needles, do you think they will use the needles instead to grow Scarecrow's brain?
On the post: Facebook Sued For Not Preventing A Bunch A White Guys With Guns From Traveling To A Protest To Shoot People
Re:
The cops don't have a bazillion $$$$ in the bank.
On the post: If Patents Are So Important To Innovation, Why Do Innovative Companies Keep Opening Up Their Patents Rather Than Enforcing Them?
Creating vs. Milking
Innovators create new things to sell, and are well aware others will jump to imitate (imitation is what we do best). They never stop creating; ignoring imitators; profiting before the imitators come out in force.
IP lawyers find something to patent, and milk imitators until it all turns to dust, creating nothing. If it were up to IP lawyers we'd still be living in frigid caves, because warmth is patented.
On the post: China Calls TikTok Deal 'Extortion'; Says It Will Not Approve
Pot blackens self to match kettle, then calls kettle black
This is wrong, wrong, wrong...So we're gonna do it, too.
On the post: Trump Still Hates The 1st Amendment: Meeting With State Attorneys General To Tell Them To Investigate Internet Companies For Bias
Not conservatives
Ummmm...point...they haven't shown any evidence, either. Not of anti-conservative bias. Their so-called "conservative speech"...isn't.
On the post: Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Seems Skeptical That Baltimore's Aerial Surveillance System Violates The Fourth Amendment
Curtilage
You'd think a judge would know what "curtilage" is.
Especially since he is probably having Persistent Surveillance Systems exclude his curtilage from observation.
On the post: House Passes Election Security Bill That Finally Adds Security Researchers To The Mix
No chance
No way in Hell does this pass the Senate, much less get signed. Doesn't specify Russian Buddy brand Election Security.
On the post: Twitch Experiments With Intrusive Ads That Piss Off Its Most Important Asset, Its Talent
I don't know what planet you live on, but...
What's good for the company -- any company -- is profit. Always, only profit. All the evils that companies do to consumers -- intrusive ads, invasion of privacy, regulatory capture, intellectual property abuse, price gouging, and etc. -- it's all done in service of greater profit. The theory that companies should benefit anyone other than themselves went out before button shoes.
You say that you "...can't imagine that said data will show...," well, the only data Twitch management will consider is the bottom line. Outraged comments will be ignored. "Talent" that votes with their feet will be ignored. If the bottom line tilts up, Twitch will do these ads, and the "talent" is given a blunt choice: live with it or go elsewhere.
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Detecting Sarcasm Is Not Easy (2018)
Re:
I see.
But how do we go about identifying these people, "who might think it a good idea to be loudly upset"?
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Detecting Sarcasm Is Not Easy (2018)
Re: Re: I'm sorry
Your sarcasm detector failed -- Pixelation was being sarcastic. (I think.)
And you are exactly right. How is anyone going to write an algorithm to detect sarcasm when even humans commonly fail to recognize it?
On the post: FBI Horrified To Discover Ring Doorbells Can Tip Off Citizens To The Presence Of Federal Officers At Their Door
Atom blaster points both ways equally well. News at eleven.
On the post: Secret Service Latest To Use Data Brokers To Dodge Warrant Requirements For Cell Site Location Data
Question on the amount
Hmmmmmmm...Dodging a $2 million limit, guys? We know what you think about us peons dodging cash limits...
On the post: Apple Goes In Even Harder Against Prepear Over Non-Apple Logo
Re:
Why stop there? They will soon be going after any logo with a fruit and a leaf.
Your logo is a banana and an oak leaf? They gonna getcha.
A green bean and a palmetto frond? You're in trouble.
A pumpkin and a grass blade? You're doomed.
Watermelon on a lily pad? You've just got to try their patience, don't you?
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