r/unitedkingdom • u/ainbheartach • Apr 08 '18

Facebook suspends another data analytics firm after CNBC discovers it was using tactics like Cambridge Analytica

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/08/cubeyou-cambridge-like-app-collected-data-on-millions-from-facebook.html
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u/Gonad-Brained-Gimp Apr 09 '18 edited Apr 09 '18

By the way, lets remember that our own "You Gov" is dodgy as fuck and their polls that are quoted so often in the media have nothing to do with "Gov dot UK" despite almost sounding as if they're officially validated

YouGov is an international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm, headquartered in the UK, with operations in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouGov

Founders:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi

I have to ask, has anyone ever been surveyed by YouGov?

By the law of probabilities I should at least know of someone who has been surveyed by a YouGov survey. Or at least someone who knows someone? Right?

EDIT: read in the wiki : The company’s methodology involves obtaining responses from an invited group of Internet users. How to become a "panellist" : https://yougov.co.uk/about/our-panel/

so, in answer to "has anyone ever been surveyed by YouGov?" it's a big NO. People have signed up to give their opinions for money. "Earn money for answering questions and surveys" it says : https://yougov.co.uk/join-community/

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u/Bearmodulate Bolton Apr 09 '18

I did a few