tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post6261317189203078208..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: "You had a great childhood if..."Chris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-91738032389165159932019-07-11T18:31:50.551-04:002019-07-11T18:31:50.551-04:00So i guess it's just a question of, for me, sh...So i guess it's just a question of, for me, shifting my focus on to the "like-ers" -- regardless of where they come from, the effect is to make people think in shallow terms; OR, they simply attract the shallow. But your research is fascinating. That never occurred to me. Maybe it's more likely that those who generate these are more nefarious than stupid, as I suspected...Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-22960030430585931912019-07-06T23:16:56.159-04:002019-07-06T23:16:56.159-04:00I'm going to offer a tangentially contrarian t...I'm going to offer a tangentially contrarian take on this: Despite the amateurish-looking nature of those memes, I'm convinced that many of them are the work of political organizations, public relations firms, and possibly even Facebook itself--organizations that either want to study the dynamics of online social networks or, more likely, scrape and acquire the data of users who "like" those posts. <br /><br />A couple years ago I tried to trace the origins of some of the political memes my friends were sharing, and finding out who's behind accounts with names like "Being a Liberal" or "You Know You're Conservative If..." is rather tricky, and even if you can find an organization or a name behind them, determining their motives and funding is even trickier.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.com