Saying that Facebook controls what’s in the newsfeed is really no more correct than saying Google controls what’s in search results.
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This seems like a semantics quibble. They control the order and that impact is huge.
Google also controls the order of search results. But I agree that FB seems to have more control. Worth making this intuition more precise.
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Does Google control the order of search results?
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They can promote/demote whole categories of links/etc. But I take your point that there’s a lot of inherent structure they can’t buck.
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(Or did I misunderstand you Renee...? Were you saying both companies control the order?)
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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