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Why do we trust twitter etc? We seem to have forgot how newsgroups died. The problem is not solved yet, probably never will be solved with machine learning. ML
by cblconfederate 6y ago
Why do we trust twitter etc? We seem to have forgot how newsgroups died. The problem is not solved yet, probably never will be solved with machine learning. ML just moves the goalposts for trusting the algorithm to trusting the employees of each company.
- dragontamer 6y ago> We seem to have forgot how newsgroups died. When Digg, MySpace, and Slashdot became more convenient sources of disinformation?
- cblconfederate 6y agoi mean earlier when it became overtaken by spam
- dragontamer 6y agoThere were moderated newsgroups for years. There were some people who preferred to hang out in the spam-filled, unmoderated areas. But there were plenty of newsgroup users who preferred the tightly moderated newsgroups.
- emphatizer2000 6y agoWe don't trust Twitter. That is just what sensationalist papers claim.