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This has been called The Problem with Facebook ('Facebook uses its filtering power to make money [...] we are all advertisers') by the guy currently on the fron

by j_s 13y ago

This has been called The Problem with Facebook ('Facebook uses its filtering power to make money [...] we are all advertisers') by the guy currently on the frontpage for his 'Facebook Fraud' video ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7211514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7211514 ). The Problem With Facebook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZqXlHl65g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZqXlHl65g

veange 13y ago
Not just a problem with Facebook: http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk
- mcintyre1994 13y ago
  Great video, Ted host a better quality version: https://new.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles https://new.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...
  - benwikler 13y ago
    ... and the speaker in that video: the CEO of Upworthy!
    - mcintyre1994 13y ago
      ...Wow, seriously? I find it interesting how compatible that is with his views against filtering things out, although I doubt boring linkbaity articles was ever part of the things he imagined were problematic to lose.