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Maybe algorithms just aren't up to the task of exercising editorial judgement over news stories? Would the world be that much poorer if Google didn't include a
by ForHackernews 9y ago
Maybe algorithms just aren't up to the task of exercising editorial judgement over news stories?
Would the world be that much poorer if Google didn't include a "popular on Twitter" feature?
What if Google News were a smaller, human-curated roster of important stories that were basically the same for everyone? (maybe targeted by country) It could be a good thing to have a non-filter bubbled set of news.
- SmellyGeekBoy 9y agoIt's worth pointing out that Facebook tried the human curation thing and were accused of bias.
- ForHackernews 9y agoThat's fine: They should own that, then. "We're Facebook and these are our values -- we trust the BBC and do not trust InfoWars.com" These big tech companies are trying to be all things to all people, and they want to pretend that using algorithms means they're free from bias. It's just a different, more opaque bias encoded in the algorithms. But users are inclined to trust it because it comes "from the computer". It's a Garbage In, Gospel Out situation.
- awj 9y agoYou mean like every human-curated news source since the beginning of time?
- ams6110 9y agoHuman curators are biased. Google company culture is left-leaning as a whole, so you'd expect to see that same bias in any curated content they provide.