Only change I see to trending is not the algorithm but that Facebook fired vetting team and replaced with engineers.pic.twitter.com/eZxuwUy98O
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The bright side of this trending fiasco is that it'll reveal exactly what kind of fantasyland people actually live in.
Plenty of sociology papers waiting to be written from that alone.
Look, the problem isn't only that people are sharing misinformation. It's people sharing *and* algorithms amplifying. It's a feedback loop.
It's just not true that social media "only" makes what was already there visible. By amplifying & connecting, social media *changes* it too.
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