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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
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      Zuckerberg met with Glenn Beck to assure him that Facebook's not biased against him. Beck-type anti-vaccination theories thrive on Facebook.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
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      Donald Trump and conspiracy theories. Both do very well on Facebook. It's what people want and it's the algorithm.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/upshot/donald-trump-and-conspiracy-theories-what-a-poll-in-2011-signaled.html …

      6 replies 27 retweets 37 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
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      Algorithms aren't shaped just by what we want but also by what the company wants from us. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/JvGr5qdZDO

      4 replies 41 retweets 42 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
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      Hey, everyone asking me if media really reports algorithms as neutral "with no human judgment." Yes, yes, they do.pic.twitter.com/utsikyGNcF

      6 replies 21 retweets 21 likes
    5. Jonathan Stray‏ @jonathanstray 20 May 2016
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      There IS potential neutrality here though. It's the same reason we count votes instead of decide by committee who is president.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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      They don't do that though. It's count (a la Twitter trending) then vet (via human) THEN algorithmically predict clickability.

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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      What you are shown is what surfaced, survived vetting, and then algorithm thought you'd click on. More filter bubble.

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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      In Turkey, Twitter trending is one way dissidents can break into national agenda. No chance on Facebook because of algo.

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    9. Jonathan Stray‏ @jonathanstray 20 May 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      1) Twitter trending is a complex algo too. 2) I'd expect "clickable" and "popular" to be very correlated. 3) Still beats a dictator.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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      No, I can clearly see the difference. Twitter trending is a form of TF-IDF with minor tweaks. This is different beast.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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      I watch this carefully. Twitter trending breaks filter-bubbles. Facebook trending reinforces them. Now I know exactly why.

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        2. Jonathan Stray‏ @jonathanstray 20 May 2016
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          Why? We don't really know the details of any of these algorithms. Nor do we have comprehensive surveys of their results.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 May 2016
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          @gilgul Well, we just learned that FB trends is ranked on p(click). Also see:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/05/20/what-we-really-see-when-facebook-trending-picks-stories-for-us/ …

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