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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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted v buckenham
Not at all surprised. I watch a range for stuff for work/research and the suggestions I get can be




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Here's the article by
@bernstein that prompted this thread! Happy to see it—Youtube is central to so many things.https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/youtube-has-become-the-content-engine-of-the-internets-dark …2 replies 18 retweets 27 likes -
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This sounds like a version of what I see happen a lot. https://twitter.com/ghostflaneur/status/836266434904870913 …pic.twitter.com/iouFkBCvI7
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
Article about this topic. Recommendation systems based on "engagement" often push to polarize—which *is* engaging.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/836252979753811970 …
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