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Four cheers for Ben & Jerry’s & Dove & Unilever!
Wow. How often is it I want to sing the praises of a big corporation? Singing, singing, singing.. From 538 Significant Digits,with my bolding: $9.8 billion Advertising budget for Unilever, one of those giant, less-known conglomerates that own super well-known … Continue reading
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Tagged 538 Significant Digits, Ben & Jerry, Dove soap, Facebook, google, Unilever, Unilever advertising budget
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The Facts of Life: Facebook wants to know
From 538 Significant Digits, with characteristic and appropriate sarcasm: 2 questions Facebook will begin asking its users whether they recognize and trust news sources — a two-question survey that will then be fed back into a complicated algorithm to favor … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, internet surveys, internet trolls
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The Fakes of Life and gullibility
Source: Silicon Valley Can’t Destroy Democracy Without Our Help – The New York Times In this op for the New York Times, Emily Parker bluntly lays out my central concern about sales pitches. I’m using “sales pitches” as a sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Parker, Facebook, fake news, Parlio, political smear campaigns, Quora, Silicon Valley, social media influencing elections, Twitter
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