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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For ex, people want to socialize and they in-group/out-group. But same dynamic structures post-disaster altruism—and also ethnic cleansing.
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I never advocate ignoring human dynamics—doesn't work etc. But potential resolutions of it are many. Anyway, need to write this out longer.
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So Facebook is responding, no doubt. My arg is that both its structure and metrics are stuck in a narrow place, hiding the possible space.
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Doesn't Facebook rely on the rubbernecking fallacy: since people turn and look at car crashes, show them more car crashes? (i.e. a sinkhole)
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For google that certainly isn’t true. For FB the only other equilibrium point apparent is Snap. And my post argues it might not be one
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May be true with "advertise to users by selling targeted space in feed" model; not necessarily true. And FB profitable enough to experiment.
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That’s where we disagree. I think there are very few point, they move (partly because of FB) and FB is continually chasing them.
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And that FB has very little influence over what they are, though it can try things to find them. This is fashion:
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