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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NYT confirms. Folks, this nugget is more important than the vetting of trending topics. https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/734037067072688128 …pic.twitter.com/dhmbP5SUvD
We just learned the brouhaha over trending topics is moot because AT THE LAST STEP what survives vetting is algorithmically filter-bubbled.
is this new? we always knew that everyone gets a different trending list based on geography, past actions, etc 1/2
2/2 the new bit was that the algorithm sorted not on popularity but probability to click (which this nytimes story doesnt confirm)
It is new. We knew of some personalization, but did not know if it was chunked and how. See my TL for another confirmation.
chunked? from the very start we knew everyone got different trends, and that was algorithmic
It could have been "everyone in this city sees same" etc. Much different than if it is p(clickthrough) at individual level.
i thought everyone knew it was individual? we were talking about that after ferguson. it's in FBs first response to this mess
No, until recently we had no idea what level the personalization was, and on what parameter. I tried but couldn't discern.
we always knew it was personalized, but we dont know and still dont know exactly how that personalization works
Now we have a pretty good idea. It's p(clickthrough). Interestingly, newsfeed is not just click through.
i bet theyre both similar in being largely p(click). difference: editors can insert into trending; advertisers into newsfeed
Nope. Newsfeed ranks clicks very very low, almost negligeble. (At least it did). https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ci_aoi-UoAop_Kn.jpg …
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