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Sorin Adam Matei

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November 5, 2011

How Algorithms and Editors Can Work Together to Burst the “Filter Bubble”

Via Scoop.itVirtual community and societies

Real problem are the homophily assumptions built in the selection filters (birds of a feather ought to flock together), not the filter themselves.   What prevents us from creating filters that promote heterogeneity?   “Eli Pariser is concerned that web personalization is only showing us content we “like,” and not content we need. But he proposed some solutions at the Mashable Media Summit.”
Via mashable.com