Every word of this crucial piece. Journalists also publish BASELESS algorithmic panic pieces—to chase clicks. Read: http://idlewords.com/2017/09/anatomy_of_a_moral_panic.htm …pic.twitter.com/o8UdweIO0O
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If journalists are forced to play to obvious algorithmic rewards, they then make themselves irrelevant. That's the real threat algos pose.
And the expertise required to report this is generally lacking. CompSci people don't learn sociology, and journalists don't take CS classes.
So, read this by @pinboard. Was not hard to figure out Amazon bomb-making story was bogus, but got reported widely. http://idlewords.com/2017/09/anatomy_of_a_moral_panic.htm …
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