does_it_matter nomme) i don't think it does 050627 ... Doar it does matter. it should use a birth control device. 050628 ... unhinged if russia posted memes on facebook? does that have ANYTHING to do with the problems i have that could be helped by effective common sense government? 'there is no concrete evidence that the spread of fake news changes the course of elections, nor has the increase in bots negatively impacted how people discuss politics. we don't live in a post-truth world. bob huckfeldt's research on political discussions shows that our hobbies and interests allow other people's opinions to seep into our bubbles. emilio ferrara's study shows that, for now at least, the bots are talking to each other and a small group of alt-right americans who want to listen. hunt and matthew have shown that following and sharing fake news in an active for the few, rather than the many. and no one can remember the stories properly anyway. lada adamic's research shows that conservatives on facebook were exposed, through shares by their friends and by news selected for them by facebook news, to only slightly less liberal-leaning content than if they had chosen their news totally at random. ' - david sumpter so much money and time wasted by congress over something that doesn't matter and in the mean time they are doing nothing about the stuff that does. no wonder conservatives gain traction when they say the government doesn't know what it's doing and shouldn't be trusted. 180723 what's it to you? who go blather from