If trending topics is also biased to be clicky & viral, that's super different than "most popular" then vetted.
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Replying to @zeynep
NYT confirms. Folks, this nugget is more important than the vetting of trending topics. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/734037067072688128 …pic.twitter.com/dhmbP5SUvD
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Replying to @zeynep
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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Replying to @zeynep
is this new? we always knew that everyone gets a different trending list based on geography, past actions, etc 1/2
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson @zeynep
2/2 the new bit was that the algorithm sorted not on popularity but probability to click (which this nytimes story doesnt confirm)
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson
It is new. We knew of some personalization, but did not know if it was chunked and how. See my TL for another confirmation.
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Replying to @zeynep
chunked? from the very start we knew everyone got different trends, and that was algorithmic
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson
It could have been "everyone in this city sees same" etc. Much different than if it is p(clickthrough) at individual level.
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i thought everyone knew it was individual? we were talking about that after ferguson. it's in FBs first response to this mess
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson
No, until recently we had no idea what level the personalization was, and on what parameter. I tried but couldn't discern.
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It's two confirmations one with specific mechanism plus Dewey's piece that nails it. There was big range of possibility.
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