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Not 100% surprising that journalists would view the machines that have wrested control of the news from them with hostility. Facebook definitely could use impro
by reissbaker 9y ago
Not 100% surprising that journalists would view the machines that have wrested control of the news from them with hostility. Facebook definitely could use improvements, and it sounds like Google's search ranking in these rare kinds of situations could too, but the vitriol here — and the suggestion to replace machine ranking with ... surprise, journalists! — makes it seem like the "Us" who've been failed by ranking algorithms might specifically refer to The Atlantic.
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- dullgiulio 9y agoYou are right, but on the other hand, we pay Facebook dearly with our personal data and in return we get to do the work journalists should do, of navigating in a sea of information, most of it fact-free. There must be a more fair distribution of time and income.