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I appreciate that this is a novel non-knee-jerk take on social media but not sure I fully buy it, mostly because the way commerce/the algorithm modifies this “s
by disantlor 5y ago
I appreciate that this is a novel non-knee-jerk take on social media but not sure I fully buy it, mostly because the way commerce/the algorithm modifies this “stage” in real time. Art/performance always has and will have some commercial aspect, but it’s usually appears before and after but not during. Maybe the closest analog would be the improvising comedian that takes the set into a direction depending on what people laugh at. But then how do you account for the total opaque interests/influence of the algorithm?
- okareaman 5y agoThank you and yes, the algorithm is a problem. I may have a funny thing that one set of friends like, but the algorithm shows it to another set who don't get it because it wasn't for them, but because they logged on first or some other algorithmic input they get it and the others don't. Maybe FB should let me input hints on who I intend it for.
- AlexCoventry 5y ago> Maybe FB should let me input hints on who I intend it for. They do, but you have to pay for the privilege.
- stadium 5y agoCan you elaborate? Paid advertising?
- stadium 5y agoThe algorithm should be the service! I can tune my feed to receive whatever I want to optimize on, instead of what is most engaging and profitable to send to me.
- mkr-hn 5y agoThis was the idea behind Google+'s circles.