"The Federal Reserve wants to know what you are saying about
it. In fact, the Federal Reserve has announced plans to identify "key bloggers" and to monitor
"billions of conversations" about the Fed on Facebook, Twitter, forums and
blogs. This is yet another sign that the alternative media is having a dramatic
impact. As first reported on Zero Hedge, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has issued a
"Request for Proposal" to suppliers who may be interested in
participating in the development of a "Sentiment Analysis And Social Media
Monitoring Solution". In other words, the Federal Reserve wants to develop a
highly sophisticated system that will gather everything that you and I say about
the Federal Reserve on the Internet and that will analyze what our feelings
about the Fed are. Obviously, any "positive" feelings about the Fed would not
be a problem. What they really want to do is to gather information on everyone
that views the Federal Reserve negatively. It is unclear how they plan to use
this information once they have it, but considering how many alternative media
sources have been shut down lately, this is obviously a very troubling sign.
You can read this "Request for Proposal" right here. Posted below are some of the key quotes from the document (in bold) with some of my own commentary in between the quotes....
"The intent is to establish a fair and equitable partnership with a market leader who will who gather data from various social media outlets and news sources and provide applicable reporting to FRBNY. This Request for Proposal ("RFP") was created in an effort to support FRBNY's Social Media Listening Platforms initiative."
A system like this is not cheap. Apparently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York believes that gathering all of this information is very important. In recent years, criticism of the Federal Reserve has become very intense, and most of this criticism has been coming from the Internet. It has gotten to the point where the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has decided that it had better listen to what is being said and find out who is saying it..."
at http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-federal-reserve-plans-to-identify-key-bloggers-and-monitor-billions-of-conversations-about-the-fed-on-facebook-twitter-forums-and-blogs
You can read this "Request for Proposal" right here. Posted below are some of the key quotes from the document (in bold) with some of my own commentary in between the quotes....
"The intent is to establish a fair and equitable partnership with a market leader who will who gather data from various social media outlets and news sources and provide applicable reporting to FRBNY. This Request for Proposal ("RFP") was created in an effort to support FRBNY's Social Media Listening Platforms initiative."
A system like this is not cheap. Apparently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York believes that gathering all of this information is very important. In recent years, criticism of the Federal Reserve has become very intense, and most of this criticism has been coming from the Internet. It has gotten to the point where the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has decided that it had better listen to what is being said and find out who is saying it..."
at http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-federal-reserve-plans-to-identify-key-bloggers-and-monitor-billions-of-conversations-about-the-fed-on-facebook-twitter-forums-and-blogs
