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Yup. The second you prioritize one piece of content over another by other than an automatic means like chronological order or votes you're not presenting user g
by CPLX 4y ago
Yup. The second you prioritize one piece of content over another by other than an automatic means like chronological order or votes you're not presenting user generated content any more, you're making editorial decisions.
The fact that we've tolerated this for so long is appalling.
- hackyhacky 4y agoThe overwhelming majority of content on social media is curated by automatic means. Manual curation at that scale, is, as you know, infeasible.
- CPLX 4y agoAutomatic perhaps, but still editorial in the decision making process. As soon as you start deciding to show some content and not other content based on the content of the communications you're making editorial decisions. Algorithms or not, it's a judgement call.
- hackyhacky 4y agoSure it is. It's also inevitable. Every communications medium makes similar judgement calls, including broadcast television, which chooses which shows to air based on their content, and which news story to cover, based on their content. Given the scale of social media, curation is a necessity.