You watch a Trump rally: you get suggested white supremacist videos, sometimes, auto-playing. Like a gateway drug theory of engagement.
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I've seen this work across the political spectrum. YouTube algo has discovered out-flanking and "red-pilling" is.. engaging. So it does.
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Networked public sphere algorithms are kinda like the annoying college friend on the hunt to recruit into more hardcore of whatever you dig.
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Culture is what you see reinforced around you in repetition, especially through peers. Now: algos are part of it. https://twitter.com/fergggggggg/status/836255281415864320 …
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If what you saw or experienced didn't matter, you wouldn't have different cultures around the world. Exposure architecture matters a lot.
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It's not humans vs algos. It's like—say—food. Humans have evolved tendencies which do vary but also cluster. Sugar, salt, spice, fats, etc.
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So your food choice architecture makes an obvious huge difference. You just have to take one look at historic and cross-country data.
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Now our networked public sphere lives plopped in the middle of supermarkets that make money per pound gained—aka pageviews aka "engagement".
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And supermarket owners are telling us how "open and connected" and well-stocked the shelves are... But there is so much more to consider.
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Generally my experience. I went incognito & searched for "vegetarianism". Immediate top recommendation "go vegan!": https://twitter.com/urbanlifesigns/status/836253840550735873 …pic.twitter.com/rAb3YeaPYI
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted 00JaneBlonde 🖖
I believe this is a much more common path than is talked about—traversing YouTube recommendations/autoplay.https://twitter.com/00JaneBlonde/status/836261038995689472 …
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I warn my teen son about this oh about once a week. He's a gamer.
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