Misunderstanding one: algorithms involve no human judgment. Also not really: algorithms reflect unconscious human biases.
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@whet boy, the stream of news of trending celebrities I never heard of sure argues against that being true, or at least very crude -
Maybe they're after the "who the fuck even is that & why are they trending?" clicks?
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We just learned the brouhaha over trending topics is moot because AT THE LAST STEP what survives vetting is algorithmically filter-bubbled.
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Makes sense to fight over trending topics IF it can breakthrough to an audience you didn't have. What we just learned suggests not really.
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@GreatDismal@brianstelter So a single anonymous source, abetted by a faulty headline, created all this right-wing hysteria. -
It's an old playbook, and works. Also, what, the claim was Breitbart wasn't taken seriously? umm.
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@noUpside@brianstelter Isn’t that the only approach that makes biz sense? Personalize content using algo that monetizes best? -
Optimizing for anything else inherently sacrifices RPU. Improbable at a for-profit public co.
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The real issue is the clicky, quarrelsome, upbeat biases of its algorithm.