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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

    Facebook's algorithm change is so noticeable that I'm now hearing from many non-technical, frustrated people who know I study this stuff and asking me how to break out of it. They don't have the terminology for it, but people are effectively asking me how to game the algorithm.

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

        It's all so complex that I don't know what it will all mean, but the key point is that this is all greatly consequential, and unilaterally imposed. No simple way to muck around with social and informational interaction structures of two billion people. The crisis is structural.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brian Hylton

        This is not a sustainable answer. Facebook is the only way for a large number of essential connections for a large number of people--functions ranging from family, work to political participation.https://twitter.com/_bhylton/status/961947700852940801 …

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        log off?
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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted seriously 211

        The world also worked before cell phones or any phones. It even worked before writing. Try functioning without one now. It's not the same once something becomes crucial infrastructure for important functions. (Besides, Instagram is Facebook ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )https://twitter.com/seriously211/status/961950534126264321 …

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        seriously 211 @seriously211
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        That is BS... world worked fine without facebook; linked in handles professional connections, instagram pinterest twitter reddit etc plenty for personql
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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

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        There is also this—hearing this from institutions and pages—sudden and dramatic change for them. https://twitter.com/samharrelson/status/962014259449180162 …

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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted EF

        The level of cruelty and thoughtlessness contained in this one tweet had me muttering “don’t tweet in anger; don’t tweet in anger” and putting the phone down. Doesn’t happen too often.https://twitter.com/ef21345/status/962031687583412225 …

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        If getting off Facebook severs those ties, they aren't essential.
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      7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Charlie Corley

        Yes, I will use USPS to send written letters to people I communicate with some of whom are functionally illiterate, live in countries other than US, are mobile-only and I can't even manage to get them to use SMS (due to cost or technical issues). All good.https://twitter.com/Charlie_Corley/status/962009368697819137 …

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        Charlie Corley @Charlie_Corley
        The U.S. Postal Service still exists and works quite well. Also we have email, etc. Facebook is not essential for communication. It needs to shut down after the political debacle it actively helped create. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/961948357005660166 …
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      8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Feb 2018

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        Why hadn’t I thought about the existence of other methods? ::slaps forehead:: I guess I just don’t know that much about communication technology. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/brooksie4/status/962048517417111552 …

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      1. Rob Nelson‏ @rnelson0 9 Feb 2018
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        I assume this is related to their “news” concept? How is that impact being felt in reality?

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      1. Taking Action 4 US‏ @takingaction4us 9 Feb 2018
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        And we’ve heard rumors about both Zuckerberg & Sandberg running for public office – aren’t Trump & co enough?!

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      2. Deral Fenderson‏ @Fendersonia 9 Feb 2018
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        Maybe there's been changes, but there's always been algorithms messing up the flow. I termed it "disconnected connections", and as far as FB is concerned, it's a feature, not a bug. FB needs to burn to the ground. No one should have to be some rich asshole's social experiment.

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      3. Seren Thomas‏ @SerenThomasTS 9 Feb 2018
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        They also blocked as least two articles (I know b/c I was blocked from posting them) about Russian interference and connections to Trump campaign leading up to the election, all while the fake news was flowing freely. These are bad people.

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