You’re correct to remember that there were people within FB who were shocked and surprised that Hilary lost.
But you seem to have forgotten that there were also people within FB, including board members within Zuckerberg’s inner circle, who saw the internal data and used it to buy the political equivalent of out-of-the-money options on Trump winning.
True but then Trump went and lost and got kicked off the network. My point is its more a chaos factory than a controllable weapon.
It no one can tell if their own head is going to be blown off, when they wield the weapon, then its not a very good one.
That said, there are lot of people who have become Like and Follower chasing robots thanks to FBs content mechanics and that fuel the chaos. These people think they are great shapers of reality, but the outcomes speak for themselves.
There are no lasting results or outcomes that will go into the political history book from all the activity that happens on FB. Its just wasting everyones time and energy. And for that reason it will suddenly one day collapse and everyone will stand around shocked and suprised just as they did with Hilary.
Chaos is easy to generate and impossible to control. And it will be FBs downfall.
But you seem to have forgotten that there were also people within FB, including board members within Zuckerberg’s inner circle, who saw the internal data and used it to buy the political equivalent of out-of-the-money options on Trump winning.