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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eileen Clancy

      Not even window dressing. Anything that requires this much work and motivation from users is useless. It's a hard problem—but this isn't it.https://twitter.com/clancynewyork/status/916266986149163010 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Eileen Clancy @clancynewyork
      "When Facebook users see articles on News Feed, they can click on a little "i" button and see the Wikipedia description of the publisher. " https://twitter.com/subsublibrary/status/916111999234437120 …
      10 replies 105 retweets 261 likes
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      I've been proposing concrete, doable stuff for years—including when you managed FB ads and thought we were crazy. https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/916268263696424960 …

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      The real levers are: what the algorithm optimizes for, better detection of fraud (FB's Yann LeCun says let me at it), unflattening UI... 1/n

      5 replies 19 retweets 62 likes
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      .. totally different workforce model that acknowledges that FB is in the people business not technical so not ruled by engineers only.. 2/n

      3 replies 13 retweets 63 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      ..transparency in advertisements which I had asked for many years, and got dismissed by everyone in Facebook and a coherent philosophy.. 3/n

      2 replies 7 retweets 48 likes
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

      .. and backbone to defend that philosophy rather than the current reactive, often smug naïveté, sensible oversight on political side ..4/n

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          .. which includes protection on data collection, data use, data purchase, what kinds of data can be merged, data transparency etc., .. 5/n

          2 replies 6 retweets 48 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          .. and exploration of alternative business models that don't incentivize all the wrong things while execs & PMs remain so naïve & smug.. 6/n

          1 reply 5 retweets 46 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          ..and for the public, ways to restore accountability, transparency and real market competition in the digital economy, especially giants 7/n

          1 reply 4 retweets 43 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          There was always much to do inside the company—and concrete proposals. They dismissed us because they were so smug *and* yet so naïve. 8/8

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Maciej

          Not any dude! Fb ad manager from when I suggested ~everything Zuck just announced. He thought we were crazy then.🙄https://twitter.com/maciejgryka/status/916270455723524096 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Maciej @maciejgryka
          TFW a dude accuses @zeynep of not having suggested improvements to the sorry state of Facebook and their ads https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/916268895094394880 …
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          A large group of us have been explaining the consequences of their decisions to Facebook and suggesting steps for years. We were dismissed.

          3 replies 16 retweets 75 likes
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Folks, seriously, Facebook's ad manager from 2012 whose current "suggestions" repeat what I suggested in 2012. 🙄 ➡️ https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/916268263696424960 …

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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          This is a huge part of the problem. Facebook doesn't listen when it matters and after damage is done, reacts a bit—mints money meanwhile.

          3 replies 22 retweets 66 likes
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          And dismisses all realistic warnings in real time. That FB ad manager literally thought we were wearing "tin foil hats" when he ran things.

          3 replies 6 retweets 50 likes
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          History of full of stories of catastrophe brought about by people who are smart only in only a narrow domain, and lack humility and remorse.

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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          Yes, changing to a new info milieu is a hugely challenging, complex issue. Yes, broken politics underlies it all. But WE ARE NOT HELPLESS.

          1 reply 7 retweets 51 likes
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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2017

          Tech giants—Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple—hugely benefited, and are in a position to do most. Time for accountability and responsibility.

          3 replies 26 retweets 60 likes
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