Always the sociological orthodoxy that algorithms are bad: I disagree! Pinterest & Amazon recommendations work for me http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/03/23/what-you-dont-know-about-internet-algorithms-is-hurting-you-and-you-probably-dont-know-very-much/ …
@hautepop You can't tell the difference between "makes users click" and "has all these bigger effects that the company doesn't care about?"
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@zeynep That's a leading question Zeynep. I'm frustrated with a discourse that's anti-algo rather than better algo -
@zeynep Of course I recognise problems of bias & filter bubbles, but also frustrated by the criticism that doesn't recognise algo benefits - Show replies
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