If trending topics is also biased to be clicky & viral, that's super different than "most popular" then vetted.
#pthttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/algorithm-transparency-paying-attention-man-behind-curtain-koren …
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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
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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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See investigative reporting by
@caitlindewey and my TL above. Trending topics is even less important than I thought.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/05/20/what-we-really-see-when-facebook-trending-picks-stories-for-us/ …2 replies 4 retweets 6 likes -
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If FB trending algo-ranks 80 to show 3 you're likely to click—that's more newsfeed-y bubble. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/algorithm-transparency-paying-attention-man-behind-curtain-koren …pic.twitter.com/lCLH69d816
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Why algorithmic accountability is key. "Predictive policing" that was innaccurate & racist. https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing …pic.twitter.com/qpuUgKgicn
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In this case, algorithms had benchmarks to check (re-offense rate) and we knew a variable to look for: race. Often, we have neither.
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It's not just that algorithms aren't checked. We're using them in subjective decision-making systems where you *can't* check: no benchmark.
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Gah. Facebook will stop using news sites to vet trending topics.That was the positive part. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/93a14e98-2443-4d27-bf04-1fc59b8cf2b4/22796A1389F52BE16D225F9A03FB53F8.facebook-letter.pdf …pic.twitter.com/GG5zfIyLUm
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So, in response to complaints that Facebook says were baseless, Facebook will remove the part of trending topics that made it better—news.
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