Facebook falls into "on-the-one-hand, one-the-other-hand" trap—so destructive for old media—and makes its algorithmic biases "taboo".
#sigh
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Replying to @zeynep
Well. If I'm reading this right, Facebook is confirming the
#icebucketchallenge drowned out#Ferguson on Aug 2014.pic.twitter.com/nQOLDQ8odG
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Deen Freelon
Algorithms optimized for virality on ad-financed platforms as rulers of the public sphere is where we are headed.https://twitter.com/dfreelon/status/732575916023390208 …
zeynep tufekci added,
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Replying to @zeynep
Another former Facebook trending curator. Sounds like Facebook should hire more & do more. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/17/facebook-trending-news-team-curators-toxic-work-environment …pic.twitter.com/wD0rYiZNyK
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Replying to @zeynep
The most dangerous idea. Facebook's algorithm *is* playing politics but—not in old ways. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/facebook-conservatives-zuckerberg-bias-223244 …pic.twitter.com/qZvkoEyVeK
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Replying to @zeynep
Facebook's algorithm is political but not the way conservatives claim or Facebook defends it. My latest for the NYT.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …
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Replying to @zeynep
nice article! I think you may underrate how much effort goes to understanding algorithms at FB. For example: https://backchannel.com/revealed-facebooks-project-to-find-out-what-people-really-want-in-their-news-feed-799dbfb2e8b1#.oq9pc0cpf …
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Replying to @seanjtaylor
I'm sure. I'd like more. It's a hard problem. I'm not glib about it. I would, however, like the neutrality talk to go away. :-D
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Replying to @zeynep
big question for me is: how do you define "neutral"? I think neutrality is relative to people's dynamic and varied expectations.
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You aren't going to get neutral. Not blaming FB or Google for not being that. But you need eyes, accountability, watchdogs etc.
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