What do we know about human nature, especially teenagers? Once they understand how an algorithm works, they’ll start messing with it. “Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can’t be tied to a single person.” It certainly creates confusion for the algorithms in terms of what you might want…
I would tend to agree with this statement, because it all started with the algorithm, the point where all of these platforms took it upon themselves to decide what to show you. ““The more extensive you make the guidelines, the more selectively you enforce them, the more discretion you start to exercise over your platform,…
As smart as we think AI is, and as much as we assume that the Silicon Valley companies know about us, there are times when I look at the results of one of their algorithms and I’m left a little dumbfounded by an obvious issue. Last year I noted that it was silly to show…
This is, probably, a decent idea, but I have a question for Instagram, and Twitter for that matter. Look at the rationale for getting rid of “likes”: “”Testing a Change to How You See Likes – We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get. During this…
Obviously, I cant fix everything about Facebook that irritates the user base. I have a job, and a wife, and a life. Trying to do that would probably be the end of all of those things. But, I can offer a couple of things I’ve learned about making Facebook work a little better for me….
This is really the problem with social media algorithms, not outright censorship: TO SEE HOW this algorithm amplification works, simply look to RT, or Russia Today, a Russian state-owned propaganda outlet that’s also among the most popular YouTube presences. RT has amassed more than 6 billion views across 22 channels, more than MSNBC and Fox…