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Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by throwaway7656 on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @08:42PM (#16644240)
Well, you consider it to be cheap and effective -- in 2018.

But back in 2016: Obama said there was “no serious” person who would suggest it was possible to rig American elections, adding, “I’d invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes.” [0]

I wonder how public opinion shifted. Back in 2016, the idea of rigging elections with facebook ads was alex-jones-level of tinfoil conspiracy, and now we are discussing it as an obvious, cheap and effective tactic.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/obama-tells-...

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Re:Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire by frostburg on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:06PM (#16644466)
Your election in 2000 was stolen with the help of technically faulty (at least) voting machines. The fact that the possibility was considered tinfoil conspiracy in 2016 just means that politicians are rather skilled at reassuring the public.

Obama probably felt that he would have damaged the democratic party by saying anything else.

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