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The best insight in this comment: "There was discovery in the old method, but I was still at the wheel. The search had an aim before, and is now aimless." The
by csense 9y ago
The best insight in this comment:
"There was discovery in the old method, but I was still at the wheel. The search had an aim before, and is now aimless."
The real issue here's the increased personalization. Echo chambers, filter bubbles and alternative facts can thrive when you give each user a different gatekeeper that attempts to filter to their preferences.
Rather than using your personality to drive a system for locating information, the system locates information which ends up driving your personality. The fact that the algorithm's choosing before you begin the search adds a reverse coupling coefficient, which is too strong.
By attempting to show you only things you want to read, the system inadvertently creates barriers to communication between people who disagree.
- danschumann 9y agoAbide my foolishness a bit more, if you will: My search used to have a query, now it has a history. No longer do I type a string, now I'm tracked, monitored, and suggested to. My search query is my mouse-move, how long I hover, how fast I scroll, what I click on. So, by using facebook, I'm building a search-profile, whereby I'll get results based on this data. It's ever-continuing, but never comes to fruition. Facebook is like typing a novel into google search, and never hitting enter. You continually refine your search parameters, but you never find what you're really looking for.
- davidivadavid 9y agoBut people who disagree generally don't communicate, regardless of whether they use Facebook or not. I find the notion that without "filter bubbles" people would have rational discussions that would be concluded by the truth being discovered and accepted by both parties a bit of a stretch.