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Everyone seems to be misinterpreting what the WSJ did (which is probably what the WSJ intended). There's absolutely nothing here to be worried or concerned abou
by morgante 10y ago
Everyone seems to be misinterpreting what the WSJ did (which is probably what the WSJ intended). There's absolutely nothing here to be worried or concerned about.
This is the key line:
> These aren't intended to resemble actual individual news feeds.
The WSJ specifically filtered each feed to only include conservative or liberal sources. Facebook could observe a full equal time rule in each user's feed, thereby constantly exposing users to a variety of viewpoints and this so-called study would have given the exact same results.