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Pardon my skepticism of a guy in charge of global affairs of a company that openly "curates" news feeds to "maximize engagement" with 0 regard for facts and log
by tw04 5y ago
Pardon my skepticism of a guy in charge of global affairs of a company that openly "curates" news feeds to "maximize engagement" with 0 regard for facts and logic trying to criticize a news agency for "selective reporting". Pot, kettle?
- esrauch 5y agoDo you have a citation of how they "openly" not give any weight to facts?
- bryan0 5y agoTheir algorithms are based on predicted engagement not truthfulness. One is trivial to measure and the other very difficult. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-provides-new-explainer-on-how-its-news-feed-algorithm-works/603189/ https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-provides-new-...
- esrauch 5y agoBeing difficult to measure doesn't mean they don't try though. It would just mean they are less likely to fully succeed. I would be pretty surprised if they don't have a "disinformation penalty" as a factor in the scoring function.