New app lets homebuyers find out their neighbors politics

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10:24a, 12/18/24
What could POSSIBLY go wrong....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/oyssey-homebuyers-app-neighborhood-politics

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10:27a, 12/18/24
I love how the article follows up with a "donate to us, trump is a threat to the press"

Nonbiased my ass.
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10:27a, 12/18/24
I live in Austin. I don't need an app for this.
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10:28a, 12/18/24
Commentary added before thread delete.

I'm not against people having access to neighborhood political data, but individual political data is a very slippery slope that opens the door to all sorts of corruption.

Though it would be interesting to see where and how they collect their data to see if there is a way to reverse engineer election integrity, or lack thereof in areas.
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In reply to Tea Party • 10:30a, 12/18/24
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How would they know individual voting results?
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10:30a, 12/18/24
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I live in Austin Oregon. I don't need an app for this.
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In reply to DrEvazanPhD • 10:30a, 12/18/24
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Fleeced over $4M from suckers donating to a propaganda outlet
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10:33a, 12/18/24
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This is why registering party affiliations as some states do is a bad idea. There is a reason we have a secret ballot.

On the other hand, this might help balkanize the population between left and right which might be handy for those that anticipate a hot civil war sometime in the near future.
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In reply to akm91 • 10:33a, 12/18/24
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Fleeced over $4M from suckers donating to a propaganda outlet
A democrat and his money are soon parted..
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In reply to akm91 • 10:37a, 12/18/24
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akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?
Political party affiliation and political donations are public record. I assume the app will only have access to those two items.

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10:39a, 12/18/24
I dont give a f*** if they know. I still have my Trump/ Vance sign up.
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In reply to 93MarineHorn • 10:40a, 12/18/24
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I live in Austin. I don't need an app for this.

LOLOL. I laughed hard at that. Thanks!
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10:43a, 12/18/24
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Has no one ever been to the FEC website? That info is available already.
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10:43a, 12/18/24
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If the data is just now commercialized, imagine how long the DNC has been using this info.

Look at all the rapid low income starter home communities going up in conservative rural areas.

If you don't think the DNC (which is just a front) has been working with irresponsible developers to shift population dynamics in certain areas, you are not paying attention.

Aggregating data to target where more blue votes need to come from via rapid home construction for attracting lib lemmings is weaponizing capitalism for sure.
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In reply to et98 • 11:04a, 12/18/24
et98 said:
akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?
Political party affiliation and political donations are public record. I assume the app will only have access to those two items.



This is normal for people who volunteer with campaigns (especially in primaries). Prior to block walking, you purchase an app that tells you how people vote (D or R) and how often they vote in different elections.

You then find the people with the highest likelihood to vote for your party with the highest guarantee to vote and schedule your door knocking strategically. Voter data has always been commercially available for use, just never for someone to choose their neighbors.
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11:05a, 12/18/24
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Raising my property value in my red ass neighborhood in my red ass community.
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In reply to pdc093 • 11:06a, 12/18/24
pdc093 said:
What could POSSIBLY go wrong....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/oyssey-homebuyers-app-neighborhood-politics

The Guardian, really. You know better than that.

That read about like one would expect. The other headlines were equally as ******ed.
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In reply to et98 • 11:08a, 12/18/24
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et98 said:
akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?
Political party affiliation and political donations are public record. I assume the app will only have access to those two items.

It varies by state, but in many it is fairly easy to look up somebody's party affiliation AND voting record online. You obviously can't see their ballots, but you can see which party primary they voted in.
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In reply to 93MarineHorn • 11:09a, 12/18/24
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93MarineHorn said:
I live in Austin. I don't need an app for this.
LA here...same. Smash & grab robberies and curb turds are all I need to know about who votes for what around here.
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In reply to pdc093 • 11:10a, 12/18/24
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pdc093 said:
What could POSSIBLY go wrong....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/oyssey-homebuyers-app-neighborhood-politics

Just in case my gigantic Trump sign wasn't clear enough, South West Austin representing
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11:19a, 12/18/24
Of course from the exact same people complaining that Voter ID is too much information and suppresses votes.
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In reply to TX AG 88 • 11:22a, 12/18/24
TX AG 88 said:
Has no one ever been to the FEC website? That info is available already.


Explain. How do I look up someone's party affiliation on that website?
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11:22a, 12/18/24
Who needs an Ap for that??

Just drive around the neighborhood! The liberals can't help but out themselves!! Lol

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11:25a, 12/18/24
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If your neighbors don't know your politics ... you're not doing it right!
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In reply to Red Dane • 11:25a, 12/18/24
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Red Dane said:
Of course from the exact same people complaining that Voter ID is too much information and suppresses votes.
They don't say it is too much information. They say those poor brown people aren't capable of obtaining a free ID.

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11:29a, 12/18/24


This was the best parody of this phenomenon.
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In reply to akm91 • 11:33a, 12/18/24
akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?
I never said they do.
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11:34a, 12/18/24
My neighbors dont need an app. Was plainly obvious from the Trump sign out front and the FJB flag on my garage wall. DGAF what they think about it....

Edit to add the only neighbor with a Harris sign didn't even need a sign. I've seen him play catch with his kid and it looked similar to Fauci throwing out the first pitch. I figured I knew he was voting for just front that. But he added a Harris sign to confirm my thoughts.
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In reply to Im Gipper • 11:34a, 12/18/24
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Im Gipper said:
Who needs an Ap for that??

Just drive around the neighborhood! The liberals can't help but out themselves!! Lol


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In reply to akm91 • 1:15p, 12/18/24
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akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?


I never post personal stuff on facebook yet they list me as a hard core conservative. Maybe they are buying the tracking data from FB.
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In reply to DrEvazanPhD • 1:20p, 12/18/24
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DrEvazanPhD said:
I love how the article follows up with a "donate to us, trump is a threat to the press"

Nonbiased my ass.
Exactly! Noticed the same thing!

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Throughout the tumultuous years of the first Trump presidency we never minimised or normalised the threat of his authoritarianism
What about Biden's?

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With Trump weeks away from taking office again with dramatic implications for Ukraine and the Middle East, US democracy, reproductive rights, inequality and our collective environmental future it's time for us to redouble our efforts to hold the president-elect and those who surround him to account.
Instead of ever holding Progressives accountable for anything.



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He has, for years, stirred up hatred against reporters, calling them an "enemy of the people".


Well how have they show they are not. Not a single peep against a shadow government running things or demanding they be named. Looks like more than 50% concluded the charge had basis, including such stalwarts as Rogan.
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In reply to Schrute Farms • 1:28p, 12/18/24
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Schrute Farms said:
et98 said:
akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?
Political party affiliation and political donations are public record. I assume the app will only have access to those two items.



This is normal for people who volunteer with campaigns (especially in primaries). Prior to block walking, you purchase an app that tells you how people vote (D or R) and how often they vote in different elections.

You then find the people with the highest likelihood to vote for your party with the highest guarantee to vote and schedule your door knocking strategically. Voter data has always been commercially available for use, just never for someone to choose their neighbors.
Best reply on the thread so far. The data isn't new, just the way it's being used.


As a former Democratic Precinct Chair I had access to pretty much the same data in a dashboard. It's all based on publicly available info and donor info. I would assume Republicans had the same thing.
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2:15p, 12/18/24
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In my neighborhood you don't need an app. These guys posted up next to an open house on their street last summer.

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2:48p, 12/18/24
That would be a useful tool for finding Democrat-voting high-crime areas to avoid.
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In reply to Stressboy • 2:50p, 12/18/24
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Stressboy said:
akm91 said:
How would they know individual voting results?


I never post personal stuff on facebook yet they list me as a hard core conservative. Maybe they are buying the tracking data from FB.


...and everywhere else. Do you have Alexa or Siri or search anything on the internet or watch TV?
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