BTW I *do* wish there were a better term than algorithm to mean "complex and opaque computation of consequence". Language does what it does.
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FB: "Trust us." Ok. Define "hoax", "sufficient source", "coherent", "effective" & "neutral". https://www.facebook.com/tstocky/posts/10100853082337958 …pic.twitter.com/xWaN0s5P2J
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For such decisions "we show you what's most interesting to you", there's no right answer, hence no escaping values—editorial or computation.
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Algorithms for, say, flying a plane, are different than algos to make a subjective decision. It's "no one right answer" all the way down.
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You see it in the Facebook VP's answer: they want to retreat to "we're neutral and effective." Doesn't work too well in human affairs.
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I don't mean "neutral" and "effective" don't work for Facebook. It doesn't work for human affairs. Welcome to your business model, Facebook.
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I am not saying why isn't Facebook neutral, surfacing non-hoax news only from sufficient sources. I'm saying that will always be contested.
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Here's a great
@TarletonG post on taking Facebook's role in the news and public sphere seriously.https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/05/09/facebook-trending-its-made-of-people-but-we-should-have-already-known-that/ …1 reply 7 retweets 19 likes -
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted CNBC Now
Hmm. People can focus on "trending"—though it means little on Facebook—but not on the powerful newsfeed algorithm.https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/730077090297589760 …
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Easier to worry about "Facebook editors selected this"—it has a journalism analogy— but harder to think about complex computational filters.
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Look, every journalist and editor and NGO and activist out there is thinking HOW DO I MATCH MY STUFF TO FACEBOOK'S ALGORITHM? Trending? Meh.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jed Bracy
Another editorial decision by a giant platform. It's a good decision but an editorial one. Shows Google's power.https://twitter.com/JedBracy/status/730384978429751298 …
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Seems Facebook stopped making trending topics purely algorithmic after criticisms about lack of Ferguson coverage.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-trending-news-leaked-documents-editor-guidelines …
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