I'm just talking about *perception*. which is engineers do "data/truth", journalists "bias"
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson @joshuacomer
Facebook didn't say anything about bias; I think this is more about scaling "trends" globally.
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Still employing humans to "vet" the trends; just own engineers rather than (who-knows-who) subcontractors.
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That the press jumped up to read and report this as "eliminate bias" very telling though. No such claim in FB.
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Replying to @zeynep @joshuacomer
my point is what it *is* about, not what FB says
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Replying to @nathanjurgenson @joshuacomer
Is FB secretly thinking "will look less biased"? Don't think so; nothing in the release in that direction.
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The point of the change is to get loose-lipped contractors away from Trending. That's all.
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That's not all. You can hire full-time "content" people, not engineers to do final vetting. +
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Replying to @zeynep @AuerbachKeller and
And removing human-written description is likely about scaling up. We shall see.
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I think you're reading too much into it. FB considers "fulltime content people" a waste of money.
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To my point. They will scale up (getting rid of one part of human duties) plus engineers will now act like "content" people.
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Replying to @zeynep
The change is mostly about optics and PR, not "scaling up" (whatever that means) or "objectivity." *News* is about optics.
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Replying to @AuerbachKeller
"Scaling up"=they will unleash "trends" globally, without employing people who speak the language to write descriptions.
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