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Personalization in entertainment is one thing; but it becomes a problem when personalization extends to news, i.e. the information about the world that we use t

• marknutter 15y ago
  Having news that doesn't interest me show up in my news aggregator of choice doesn't magically make me want to read it. If I have a bias, I'm going to apply it to a set of news articles either way, so I might as well use something that does that work for me.
  • knowtheory 15y ago
    The filter bubble is just a dumb meme that's running around right now because of book sales and the like. The real point is that business models based around personalization don't make any sense. I wouldn't worry about it, because none of these systems are going to succeed. The 20th century and the era of big media was a fluke to begin with. It was a rare and transient state, and it is no more.