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Social Media Posts Predict Unemployment Spikes Two Weeks Early

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by netsharc

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If the social media moguls could've remained non-cunty and not polluted their products with their toxicity, they could've had a tool that could see the state of the world in almost real-time. That would've been a very powerful tool.
I suppose these sorts of conversations happen over chats now, which are E2EE (famous last words..).
Interestingly I guess China is able to observe the state of the Chinese community, via WeChat. Geez, even monetary transactions are tracked. Maybe the Chinese Clippy could ask "Hey Li, you're spending less on bubble tea, how are you feeling?".