Saying that Facebook controls what’s in the newsfeed is really no more correct than saying Google controls what’s in search results.
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Replying to @mims
You mean "people tell Facebook what they want to see"?
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Replying to @benedictevans @mims
They do no such thing, because Facebook doesn’t ask. “What people want” has very different answers depending on how you measure it.
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“What do people want to eat?” Depends on whether you wave sugary food in front of them when they’re hungry, or ask them in the morning, etc.
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People do have agency.
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Replying to @benedictevans @mims
True, but a non-sequitur, and I'd like to believe you know this. Agency does not negate the power structure, architecture and choices have.
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so, you're arguing about precisely where to locate the false consciousnes? Isn't that unfalsifiable?
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Replying to @benedictevans @mims
Are you arguing that you get same results if a cafeteria ofers choices people asked for when you sat them down, and explicitly asked them+
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when non-hungry and informed about a range, compared with if you waved candy bars in front of them when hungry? Of course structure matters.
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payday loans, bad mortgages, unneeded drugs, fast food, diabetes-promoting soft drinks expertly use structure to push their products...
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Casinos, supermarkets, every retail store, papers.. Dunno, cannot think of a business that doesn't realize structure interacts with agency.
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"The Big Short" showed us how this frame of "hey it's the buyer's free choice" can quickly and efficiently wreck the whole economy
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