"Facebook will take flak if it does this." Yes—that's how it fired its already too few human editors. You choose how you go down in history?
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"This can't just be done with humans." No. A lot can be done with a combination of hiring more people, recognizing role and algorithms. 14/n
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"People were already prone to filter-bubbles and misinformation." YES. That's why this is so potent to pour gasoline and a match on it. 15/n
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"This is just how history works, ups and downs." Whoo boy. Globally, this issue is helping ravage many countries. Let's not just watch? 15/n
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Finally—do you work in Silicon Valley? Please watch this, with your friends. In ten years, you may not recognize it.https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Wonderful-Horrible-Life-of-Leni-Riefenstahl/17104419 …
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Or, listen to some music to lighten your mood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7me25aNtI …
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This has been going on for many months. Only Facebook knows true extent but it's been like this everyday for months. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/48-hours-in-facebook-s-unreality.html …pic.twitter.com/2A659rjOLW
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On the right, on "dark ads" Trump campaign ran in 2016. On the left, two excerpts from piece I wrote in 2012 in NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/opinion/beware-the-big-data-campaign.html …pic.twitter.com/02cYB4LqJg
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Also, good piece from
@timoreilly highlighting algorithmic approaches to credibility & how Google does this. https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/media-in-the-age-of-algorithms-63e80b9b0a73 …pic.twitter.com/Qrzd7FkO0D
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Another good piece. Facebook/exposure not only normalizes; it nudges. Little bit at a time, but matters at scale. https://shift.newco.co/im-sorry-mr-zuckerberg-but-you-are-wrong-65dbf8513424 …pic.twitter.com/elDVYpNREJ
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Yep, yep. This isn't wanting to believe though; this is a business model problem. Community policing=cheap. https://shift.newco.co/im-sorry-mr-zuckerberg-but-you-are-wrong-65dbf8513424 …pic.twitter.com/8WZndLg2H0
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cheap short-term, but with lasting damage long-term. Also a bit of being blue-eyed about technology as the solution to all things.
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