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intheflow

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39. You do know they can tweak their online content to most appeal to individual readers, right?

Tue Aug 6, 2019, 06:47 PM

Aug 2019

It's a marketing tool that's been used for decades, and online perhaps most notably by Google tailoring the results you get for any given search based on past algorithms. It's also what contributed to (and continues) the development of red and blue Facebook feeds.

But don't take my word for it. Here's what they have to say about it:
https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003965994-Personalization

Just in case you don't know about Facebook's red and blue feeds, here's a tool from the WSJ that allows us to compare trending posts on some political topics: http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/

*Edited for bad sentence construction.

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We have a problem: the goings-on at the NY Times [View all] sharedvalues Aug 2019 OP

Why it matters: the NYT is helping Trump get away with it. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #1

In other words: mia Aug 2019 #5

Stockholm Syndrome works well too. 58Sunliner Aug 2019 #9

Beto and Booker weigh in. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #2

Trolls WANT you to cancel the NYT. Don't do it. Here are the other articles today: Liberty Belle Aug 2019 #28

You do know they can tweak their online content to most appeal to individual readers, right? intheflow Aug 2019 #39

Be careful with WSJ. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #42

This tool was developed during the run-up to the 2016 election intheflow Aug 2019 #45

Dems shouldn't cite WSJ though- we are helping Murdoch and the right. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #46

No. Until the NYT fires the editors, cancel away sharedvalues Aug 2019 #41

Russia holding Baquet hostage, too, perhaps. blm Aug 2019 #3

I think he is just in a cocoon of upper middle class privilege sharedvalues Aug 2019 #4

This says it.+++ zentrum Aug 2019 #13

Yes jayschool2013 Aug 2019 #22

Remember the NY Times is complicit in the GOP's rise to power RAB910 Aug 2019 #6

Wow indeed. How did they ever get "a call to unity" from his history of racism. 58Sunliner Aug 2019 #7

A good quote Perseus Aug 2019 #8

Reminds me of Ayn Rand followers Mme. Defarge Aug 2019 #30

I'm old enough to remember... Suburban Warrior Aug 2019 #10

That's still the first thing that springs to mind when the NYT is mentioned FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #37

I live in NY mgardener Aug 2019 #11

"Palpatine urges unity against rebel scum"--Mo Ryan Ponietz Aug 2019 #12

I canceled my online subscription months ago because of shit like this, and 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2019 #14

Same here Ponietz Aug 2019 #17

Oh damn, I hate a hassle. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2019 #25

The easist way to cancel your account is ... aggiesal Aug 2019 #33

Too late for me with the NYT but that might come in handy for other stuff. Thanks! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2019 #35

It actually works for all kinds of payments ... aggiesal Aug 2019 #36

Seems they didn't want to be "the failing New York Times" BumRushDaShow Aug 2019 #15

Washington Post.. cannabis_flower Aug 2019 #16

The editorial section will make me cancel my subscription, before long. Paladin Aug 2019 #18

Especially since it has historically been called "the paper of record." This is bad journalism. ancianita Aug 2019 #19

Trying to normalize his awful behavior. llmart Aug 2019 #20

They appear to be changing the headline evilhime Aug 2019 #21

THANKS! jayschool2013 Aug 2019 #23

holy shit 🤬 BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2019 #24

The NY Times "were a tool for the Clinton Cash book"? George II Aug 2019 #26

I never have trusted NYT coverage of national politics MBS Aug 2019 #27

"Trump Urges Fascism vs Democracy" would be most accurate.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #29

The Hill is a huge problem, too, stenographers for propaganda Ponietz Aug 2019 #31

Yes, we have "seen him on the ground........" MyOwnPeace Aug 2019 #34

Sure have a lot of college dropouts ... GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #32

NY Times has changed the headline! Liberty Belle Aug 2019 #38

Succinctly put-- Ponietz Aug 2019 #40

Update: reporter Nick Confessore and CJR both weigh in. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #43

Another update sharedvalues Aug 2019 #44