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How is this different from news sites? They also earn the most of money from advertisers and the main criteria for those advertisers are page views. We still co

by ivanhoe 10y ago

How is this different from news sites? They also earn the most of money from advertisers and the main criteria for those advertisers are page views. We still completely lack a viable internet business model that would strongly encourage the quality and not quantity...

tmalsburg2 10y ago
> How is this different from news sites? I thought that was very clear from reading the article. FB tailors the feed to each user making sure that they don't see things that they may not like. In contrast to that, news sites cater to large segments of the population and they have to in order to be economically successful. The result is that news sites will always present us with some amount of material that is contrary to our personal world view.
- douche 10y ago
  > FB tailors the feed to each user making sure that they don't see things that they may not like To be honest, they do a really terrible job at this. No matter how many times I flag the Kardashian-story-of-the-week as offensive or inappropriate, they keep showing up in the news feed.
  - jacobush 10y ago
    Maybe it's paid for. Who the heck knows?
- ivanhoe 10y ago
  Only if you actively dislike the stories that you "don't like". I for instance often comment & discuss on news that I totally disagree with, and I keep seeing them regularly in my newsfeed. Also it depends very much on people that you follow. I follow many people with whom I don't share political views at all exactly because they share different stories with a different perspective than mine. That gives you a better understanding and also works very good to filter faux news, as one side will always approach it sceptically and debunk them quickly...
- 794CD01 10y ago
  Newspapers and news television broadcasts had to do that due to the nature of the medium. There's no reason news websites couldn't tailor their content to the user in order to maximize views, engagement, or whatever other metric makes them the most money. Google News already does that.
Ygg2 10y ago
I suspect it's untenable, really. You either enforce differing viewpoint and run the risk of: A) censoring news B) disapointing viewers C) give legitimacy to possibly damaging world views Don't censor and allow fake news and filter bubble.
edblarney 10y ago
Well, one 'difference' is that many 'real news' sites are going out of business :)

by ivanhoe 10y ago

tmalsburg2 10y ago

> How is this different from news sites? I thought that was very clear from reading the article. FB tailors the feed to each user making sure that they don't see things that they may not like. In contrast to that, news sites cater to large segments of the population and they have to in order to be economically successful. The result is that news sites will always present us with some amount of material that is contrary to our personal world view.

douche 10y ago
> FB tailors the feed to each user making sure that they don't see things that they may not like To be honest, they do a really terrible job at this. No matter how many times I flag the Kardashian-story-of-the-week as offensive or inappropriate, they keep showing up in the news feed.
- jacobush 10y ago
  Maybe it's paid for. Who the heck knows?
ivanhoe 10y ago
Only if you actively dislike the stories that you "don't like". I for instance often comment & discuss on news that I totally disagree with, and I keep seeing them regularly in my newsfeed. Also it depends very much on people that you follow. I follow many people with whom I don't share political views at all exactly because they share different stories with a different perspective than mine. That gives you a better understanding and also works very good to filter faux news, as one side will always approach it sceptically and debunk them quickly...
794CD01 10y ago
Newspapers and news television broadcasts had to do that due to the nature of the medium. There's no reason news websites couldn't tailor their content to the user in order to maximize views, engagement, or whatever other metric makes them the most money. Google News already does that.

Ygg2 10y ago

I suspect it's untenable, really. You either enforce differing viewpoint and run the risk of: A) censoring news B) disapointing viewers C) give legitimacy to possibly damaging world views Don't censor and allow fake news and filter bubble.

edblarney 10y ago

Well, one 'difference' is that many 'real news' sites are going out of business :)