Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?

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    You people blame Obama

    I blame the soon to be revealed Cambridge Analytica-esque data-driven societal engineering techniques

    We are not the same

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      Cambridge Analytics became a household name in 2016 for getting Trump elected. It was a company whose business model didn’t really exist in 2008 when Facebook was still young. Even in 2012, people were still connecting with friends on Facebook, not following influencers, there wasn’t enough content on the internet to manipulate.