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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Replying to @zeynep
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 …
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Replying to @zeynep
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
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Replying to @zeynep
Hey, everyone asking me if media really reports algorithms as neutral "with no human judgment." Yes, yes, they do.pic.twitter.com/utsikyGNcF
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Replying to @zeynep
There IS potential neutrality here though. It's the same reason we count votes instead of decide by committee who is president.
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Replying to @jonathanstray
They don't do that though. It's count (a la Twitter trending) then vet (via human) THEN algorithmically predict clickability.
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Replying to @zeynep @jonathanstray
What you are shown is what surfaced, survived vetting, and then algorithm thought you'd click on. More filter bubble.
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Replying to @zeynep @jonathanstray
In Turkey, Twitter trending is one way dissidents can break into national agenda. No chance on Facebook because of algo.
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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.
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Replying to @jonathanstray
No, I can clearly see the difference. Twitter trending is a form of TF-IDF with minor tweaks. This is different beast.
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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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Replying to @zeynep
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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@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/ …1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes - Show replies
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