Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You
Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 4 months ago to Politics
You may think you are discreet about your political views. But Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has come up with its own determination of your political leanings, based on your activity on the site.
And now, it is easy to find out how Facebook has categorized you — as very liberal or very conservative, or somewhere in between.
Try this (it works best on your desktop computer):
Go to facebook.com/ads/preferences on your browser. (You may have to log in to Facebook first.)
That will bring you to a page with your ad preferences. Under the “Interests” header, click the “Lifestyle and Culture” tab.
Then look for a box titled “US Politics.” In parentheses, it will describe how Facebook has categorized you, such as liberal, moderate or conservative.
If the “US Politics” box does not show up, click the “See more” button under the grid of boxes.
And now, it is easy to find out how Facebook has categorized you — as very liberal or very conservative, or somewhere in between.
Try this (it works best on your desktop computer):
Go to facebook.com/ads/preferences on your browser. (You may have to log in to Facebook first.)
That will bring you to a page with your ad preferences. Under the “Interests” header, click the “Lifestyle and Culture” tab.
Then look for a box titled “US Politics.” In parentheses, it will describe how Facebook has categorized you, such as liberal, moderate or conservative.
If the “US Politics” box does not show up, click the “See more” button under the grid of boxes.
Facebook requires I sacrifice my privacy and sign an intrusive contract.
Facebook interests do not coincide with my interests.
Frak facebook.
The standard political model is one dimensional. Political views are deduced from metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics with each branch consisting of deductions from the previous branch as well as new observations. Since there is a multiplicity of views in any one branch, there must be at least one dimension to the fundamental branch: metaphysics. That is, two people can have two different metaphysical views. Two points in space constitute a line. Since epistemology is based on metaphysics, is it not appropriate then in our example for epistemology to be two dimensional, ethics three dimensional, and politics four dimensional? This leaves three dimensions undefined by a linear political model.
Of course, this is but a single argument for which my intent is to show that subdividing a line segment three ways may not provide meaningful information.
This could be likened to a two-dimensional map without three-dimensional contour lines. Or a two-dimensional map with contour lines that the user cannot read.