FB algorithms have clear bents: filter-bubble, clicky or quarrelsome content. Yes, it builds on human tendencies. It greatly amplifies them.
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Twitter's own (lack of) policies about harassment & extreme racism also played a role in all this. It's all complex, but this is part of it.
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Having monitored Trump social media for a year; yep. Routine stuff. Everyday. All day. https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/796466540736454656 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted She-Ra Frenkel
Well about time, but this was a problem before, too.https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/796515020905574400 …
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I don’t get why so many of us reiterate that it was a problem before. It’s like we’re getting preachy at people for finally agreeing
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Partly frustration? My first NYT oped was about data mining and profiling; used Obama campaign as example. Got a lot of pushback
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I share the frustration in spades. Trying to bite my tongue and be welcoming to the newly converted
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May. They. Act. Finally. Also whatever they fear, people around the world had been facing. Though different in one's jurisdiction.
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there’s still a huge denial based on assumptions that a Trump administration would follow the rule of law. Americans are weird
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I think what will happen is lots of abuses at lower levels, and state/local, that he turns a blind eye to or tacitly encourages
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