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Do you think internet algorithms narrow our view of the world? When it comes to content, Google and Facebook are offering us too much candy, and not enough carrots. That's according to political activist and former MoveOn.org executive director Eli Pariser, who warned that the "invisible algorithmic editing of the web" via personalized search results, news feeds and other customized content is threatening to limit our exposure to new information and narrow our outlook. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...

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peddlefish Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 10 yrs, 4 mos ago 5,556 Posts	9 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 3/18/11 - 2:21:33 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Wait, so... by searching for something on google, and google giving us our search results without random crap thrown in... thats limiting out view? ...What?
aldod Male, 60-69 Western US Joined: 15 yrs, 6 mos ago 7,870 Posts	9 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 3/18/11 - 2:31:28 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On Friday 3/18/11 - 2:21:33 PM peddlefish wrote: Wait, so... by searching for something on google, and google giving us our search results without random crap thrown in... thats limiting out view? ...What? Rather, they are giving us the search results they think we want, and excluding others, in a non-random way.
anthraxrocks Male, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 13 yrs, 7 mos ago 8,414 Posts	9 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Sunday 3/20/11 - 8:06:12 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Not sure you know what an "algorithm" is if you're asking this question...
Electric Male, 18-29 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 7 mos ago 123,778 Posts	9 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Sunday 3/20/11 - 8:12:18 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Show Spoiler * irrelevant link posted on 1/13/2013*
Mat Male, 18-29 Europe Joined: 16 yrs, 11 mos ago 10,997 Posts	9 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Monday 3/21/11 - 1:25:03 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Only on Facebook, which is mostly only used for contacting real life people anyway. You can turn off location filtering and stuff for Google.

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