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online retailers, then visit Facebook and watch
your news feed populate with promoted posts
from same.
A lot has been said about modern media
amplifying political differences, creating echo
chambers,
be it Fox or Msnbc or your social
media newsfeed.
At the same time, many, including most recently
the President in his speech, seem to be implying
that social media companies could censor
speech, or be more cooperative with
government, a chilling notion.
But what social networks can do, in a completely
constitutional, anonimized way, is feed you
opposite opinions and points of view.
This is where you say TC, widely known to exist,
the internet is for porn and arguing with
strangers. I'm suggesting something different,
the deliberate algorithmic targeting of content
that forces you to reexamine your thinking
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Or you can manipulate this ad-targetting to ensure that everywhere you go on the internet you are shown ads for expensive lingerie [hippo, Dec 08 2015]
Google has some thoughts on the matter
http://qz.com/56858...et-for-hate-speech/
[theircompetitor, Dec 09 2015]
this appears to be happening
http://www.wired.co...talk-trending-news/
[theircompetitor, May 13 2016]
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I had this very same thought awhile ago when I was developing the politically-indoctrinating toy concept. |
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Once again I am delighted that I don't use Facebook. |
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This is a childish idea and I refuse even to read it. |
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Calum sorry accidental delete. Thought about your
point, though, wouldn't that still be useful, though, if
they were driven from social media? |
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Not from the point of view of the operators of the social media platform, tc. |
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I'm with Toto. But because of that, not sure what this is about. Can someone summarize; I admit to some prurient interest. |
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//the internet is for porn and arguing with strangers// |
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Please, please, please [marked for tagline] |
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What is the incentive for the social networks? I feel like intentionally showing people things they disagree with is not a great engagement strategy. |
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well, Zuck just said he wants to spend $50B to make the
world a better place. Good place to get started. |
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Have you _seen_ Facebook comment sections? They are bad enough as it is. |
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//the internet is for porn and arguing with strangers//
Did you mean "the internet is for porn and arguing, with strangers" or "the internet is for porn, and arguing with strangers"? |
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I have come to like this idea because of the prospect of spluttering indignation produced by feeding people advertisements and link that you know are diametrically opposed to their true interests nad opinions. |
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