{"id":109658,"date":"2020-11-11T05:06:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T02:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-argues-its-own-tool-showing-conservative-dominance-isnt-fully-representative\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11T05:06:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T02:06:35","slug":"facebook-argues-its-own-tool-showing-conservative-dominance-isnt-fully-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-argues-its-own-tool-showing-conservative-dominance-isnt-fully-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn&#8217;t &#8216;fully representative&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27a7acc15fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  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argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn&#8217;t &#8216;fully representative&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><picture><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.webp%252F280x157__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.webp?signature=DTVv4iXetkJqUlq5Dmd4YQ1E28o=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.webp%252F356x205__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.webp?signature=IhAYK7qEkPNqhyg5axm5uoZUwJM=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 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280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F356x205__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=KrgLeefR_WfgBCMhM60WWuhorb0=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F638x368__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=oPNdWWsJi_110OvbwAgnTtFo2uk=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F950x534__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=QI24a_iNFXxx5dgot7dLhcUqYok=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Words.\" class=\"microcontent\" data-fragment=\"lead-image\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/lead-img-facebook-argues-crowdtangle-isnt-representative.jpg\" data-micro=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" naturalwidth=\"950\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" src_type=\"jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F280x157__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=QlLpvMkK8TXPOneiXWIdRFHRbQs=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F356x205__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=KrgLeefR_WfgBCMhM60WWuhorb0=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F638x368__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=oPNdWWsJi_110OvbwAgnTtFo2uk=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572571%252F1b46fce3-4aa1-4297-b552-075c7ec47936.jpg%252F950x534__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.jpg?signature=QI24a_iNFXxx5dgot7dLhcUqYok=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">\nWords.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\nImage:   Michael Reynolds \/ getty\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content blueprint\">Listen to Facebook, just not a Facebook-owned analytics tool designed to provide insight into Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be the argument made late Tuesday by Facebook&#8217;s Alex Schultz in a frankly confounding <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/11\/what-do-people-actually-see-on-facebook-in-the-us\/\">blog post titled<\/a> &#8220;What Do People Actually See on Facebook in the US?&#8221; Shultz serves as both Facebook&#8217;s vice president of analytics and the social media company&#8217;s chief marketing officer, a combination that perhaps helps explain his bizarre insistence that the Facebook-owned CrowdTangle tool, which consistently shows right-wing links dominating the platform, isn&#8217;t &#8220;fully representative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CrowdTangle, an analytics tool Facebook <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/help.crowdtangle.com\/en\/articles\/2541882-faq-general-crowdtangle-questions\">makes available<\/a> to &#8220;select Facebook publishing partners,&#8221; is designed to help users &#8220;[benchmark] the performance of [their] social media accounts vs those of [their] peers.&#8221; Using the tool, for example, you can see which public posts had the most interaction during a certain time period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schultz would have you believe that, if you truly want to understand what&#8217;s happening on Facebook, you should pay no attention to these Facebook-generated data points. Instead, please pay attention to the different set of Facebook-generated data provided in Tuesday&#8217;s blog post.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CrowdTangles_version_of_reality\"><\/span>CrowdTangle&#8217;s version of reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Over and over again, CrowdTangle shows conservative pages dominating Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, according to CrowdTangle, as of the time of this writing the 10 posts with the most engagement over the previous 24 hours were from: Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Cristiano Ronaldo, Barack Obama, BTS, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Laura Clery, Leo Messi, and Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><picture><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.webp?signature=Y2f1ocYt-y-fPqhEXjbq53WuTts=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.webp?signature=2YDgr1sA4By_0iQwmsUksngpOG8=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.webp?signature=b728h-CwFc7OV563PRQ7t5NZ2ms=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.webp?signature=3yBxTyUSfcHd1M6jb9wDFNxx8_I=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.png?signature=dmvftrsiio_7krMKljhB55m_7lo=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.png?signature=YnF3-gvgZW65ChomaXujVndARjg=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.png?signature=JbwVUST22dQrjuxMQfcDFRsmx5Y=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=W56X3X1i0bLRaLe5CBdavVjpLrs=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A look at CrowdTangle.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!0564\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Foriginal.png?signature=FJO-ycQKiRtgSO4ykxk4tXGctWE=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" naturalwidth=\"950\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" src_type=\"png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.png?signature=dmvftrsiio_7krMKljhB55m_7lo=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.png?signature=YnF3-gvgZW65ChomaXujVndARjg=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.png?signature=JbwVUST22dQrjuxMQfcDFRsmx5Y=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572596%252Fb4aec828-45f5-4c9b-bdf0-cc7da9d45fe0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=W56X3X1i0bLRaLe5CBdavVjpLrs=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">A look at CrowdTangle.\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">Image:  screenshot \/ crowdtangle\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier today, around 11:30 a.m. PT, the top 10 posts with the most engagement over the preceding 24 hours were from: Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Cristiano Ronaldo, Donald Trump, BTS, Dr. Ben and Candy Carson, and Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A popular Twitter account, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/facebookstop10\">Facebook&#8217;s Top 10<\/a>, run by <em>New York Times<\/em> reporter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinroose\">Kevin Roose<\/a>, uses CrowdTangle data to &#8220;post the sources of the 10 top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages every day, ranked by total interactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the last 24 hours are from:<\/p>\n<p>1. Franklin Graham<br \/>2. Kamala Harris<br \/>3. Donald J. Trump<br \/>4. Donald J. Trump<br \/>5. Dan Bongino<br \/>6. Franklin Graham<br \/>7. Donald J. Trump<br \/>8. Donald J. Trump<br \/>9. Donald J. Trump<br \/>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>max<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Facebook&#8217;s Top 10 (@FacebooksTop10) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FacebooksTop10\/status\/1326245392212582400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This Twitter account, using CrowdTangle data, makes clear that there&#8217;s a pattern in which type of Facebook pages lead the driving of clicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the last 24 hours are from:<\/p>\n<p>1. Donald J. Trump<br \/>2. Dan Bongino<br \/>3. Donald J. Trump<br \/>4. Dan Bongino<br \/>5. Fox News<br \/>6. Fox News<br \/>7. NPR<br \/>8. Fox News<br \/>9. CNN<br \/>10. Joe Biden<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Facebook&#8217;s Top 10 (@FacebooksTop10) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FacebooksTop10\/status\/1324380508361424897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, as Schultz writes in Tuesday&#8217;s blog post, &#8220;[ranking] top Page posts by reactions, comments, etc. doesn&#8217;t paint a full picture of what people actually see on Facebook.&#8221; The &#8220;Most interactions&#8221; metric, he argues, doesn&#8217;t account for &#8220;reach&#8221; \u2014 that is, &#8220;how many people actually see the content[.]&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_chief_marketing_officers_version_of_reality\"><\/span>A chief marketing officer&#8217;s version of reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Schultz, and by extension Facebook, would have you believe that its own analytics tool doesn&#8217;t do a good job revealing what&#8217;s truly happening on Facebook. And maybe that&#8217;s true. Or, perhaps, the company just wants you to look at a different dataset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Or, more to the point, perhaps Facebook wants you to look at a very specific dataset of its own choosing that, by extension, paints a picture of its choosing. In fact, Schultz does indeed present his own version of reality apparently designed to counter CrowdTangle&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here are lists of the US news publishers and the US-based Pages (based on the domain in their URL) who reached the most people in the US in the week following the last presidential debate,&#8221; reads the blog post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><picture><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.webp?signature=hSifN7DE9Lo8aV3b5TZGllwcsBc=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 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638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=ZAFxF73zmiMbzdoLj3TBtMgNuzk=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A blog post view of the world.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!1dfd\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Foriginal.png?signature=xzun6cu0tL3jE6B-QUdrORLHAzQ=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" naturalwidth=\"950\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" src_type=\"png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.png?signature=1h9bboxxNtS_8g1qRhXP-ft6xx8=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.png?signature=RVLGI4ZGPwjo-byb667FQT-HP5E=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.png?signature=MxpD1j44ykiiVn21Yq9O1lbOc6g=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572601%252F140c7e8c-4d90-41da-90c1-d5c663608316.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=ZAFxF73zmiMbzdoLj3TBtMgNuzk=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">A blog post view of the world.\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">Image:  facebook\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><picture><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.webp?signature=ECYOet5FiailMVoHXjXbDmwJgwM=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.webp?signature=y1hGNpsqb4b3JdZI3Db2iL-_IzQ=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.webp?signature=5pIEMTPFE7JaOO6rrfkBkKcrGos=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.webp%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.webp?signature=aeV7SPuuSJh4idQY8SdskrmXB8I=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" 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638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=UhU2n1w1-U-3bg7XCRh_H3YWaBA=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\" type=\"image\/png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"More blog post fun.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!3bca\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Foriginal.png?signature=D5-nwjtQwjzTY6iAqwCzCmZvzwE=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" naturalwidth=\"950\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 280w,(max-width: 400px) 356w,(max-width: 700px) 638w,950w\" src_type=\"png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Ffull-fit-in__280x157.png?signature=7b0Jt3EKKkUK44K1nU9SmNKWo4s=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 280w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Ffull-fit-in__356x205.png?signature=YvoeWz7fmCon3lV-liPVNgYmfL4=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 356w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Ffull-fit-in__638x368.png?signature=y2akQp3oLgrsORCiVEV7ZR-r3_0=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 638w,https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1572603%252Fdfcda82a-467b-4003-aede-d5532cbc2d86.png%252Ffull-fit-in__950x534.png?signature=UhU2n1w1-U-3bg7XCRh_H3YWaBA=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com 950w\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">More blog post fun.\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  facebook\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, these neatly tailored lists \u2014 which look to have been custom built to prove Schultz&#8217;s point \u2014 do appear less <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/29\/technology\/dan-bongino-has-no-idea-why-facebook-loves-him.html\">Dan Bongino heavy<\/a>. Neither that lack of Bongino, however, nor Schultz&#8217;s assurances prove that his version of reality is closer to the actual truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That would take full access to Facebook&#8217;s data \u2014 something the company understandably will not allow. In the meantime, researchers, journalists, and concerned citizens will simply have to use the next best thing to analyze Facebook: CrowdTangle.<br \/>\n<script>      window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};});\nwindow.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { _msla(\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");});<\/script><\/section>\n<p><span class=\"author_name\">By Jack Morse<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General <\/a><\/span>category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/facebook-argues-crowdtangle-isnt-representative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Facebook argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn&#8217;t &#8216;fully representative&#8217;&#8221; Words. 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