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28840. judithathome - 5/16/2016 8:25:28 PM MsNo...send me an email with the user name you registered under and I'll get in touch with Mark, the owner, and see what the hold-up is... 28841. Trillium - 5/16/2016 9:55:38 PM The Facebook commotion bubbled up with an article from Gizmodo
Gizmodo: "We routinely suppressed..."
"Several former Facebook “news curators,” as they were known internally, also told Gizmodo that they were instructed to artificially “inject” selected stories into the trending news module, even if they weren’t popular enough to warrant inclusion—or in some cases weren’t trending at all. The former curators, all of whom worked as contractors, also said they were directed not to include news about Facebook itself in the trending module.
"In other words, Facebook’s news section operates like a traditional newsroom, reflecting the biases of its workers and the institutional imperatives of the corporation. Imposing human editorial values onto the lists of topics an algorithm spits out is by no means a bad thing—but it is in stark contrast to the company’s claims that the trending module simply lists “topics that have recently become popular on Facebook.” 28842. arkymalarky - 5/17/2016 12:45:11 PM When they become the propaganda tool Fox hasbeen for years it might be worthy of note. But plenty of FB members balance it with their right wing spew, so it all works out in the wash. 28843. judithathome - 5/17/2016 7:10:48 PM And if it upsets them so damned much why not search out stories on their own...the old fashioned way, by looking them up themselves.
When they depend on an impersonal machine/programmed algorithm to do their thinking for them, how can they complain that it did things they don't like? 28844. Ms. No - 5/18/2016 5:44:38 AM Judith -- He got back to me quickly and I'm in. As Ms. No, no less! 28845. Trillium - 5/19/2016 10:29:33 PM Judith, "they" are not complaining about the algorithm. They are complaining about the way the results of the algorithm are distorted.
WebProNews: Facebook moderators earn $1/hour
"About 4 billion articles of content are moved every day between Facebook's 845 million users. Most falls under acceptable standards, but a lot also falls into categories of pornography, racism and violence – all of which is policed by an outsourced workforce in a third world country, for $1 an hour."
It isn't just pornography, racism and violence that gets filtered. The content editors also manipulate contents of newsfeed that is supposedly trending. I'll post the Gizmodo link again because the source of the controversy is in there. If you read it you'll understand.
Gizmodo: Former Facebook Workers: We routinely suppressed conservative news
"This individual says that workers prevented stories about the right-wing CPAC gathering, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, and other conservative topics from appearing in the highly-influential section, even though they were organically trending among the site’s users."
28846. arkymalarky - 5/19/2016 11:53:06 PM On a cafe subject, thought summer would never get here. Next week. Most is done tomorrow. 28847. arkymalarky - 5/19/2016 11:53:23 PM Mose.... 28848. arkymalarky - 6/1/2016 10:17:35 PM See y'all later! 28849. Ms. No - 6/1/2016 10:22:28 PM Woot!
Are you on your way to Colorado? 28850. arkymalarky - 6/1/2016 11:49:36 PM Yep. Packing now and leaving in the am 28851. Ms. No - 6/2/2016 6:44:03 AM Have a great trip! 28852. arkymalarky - 6/3/2016 1:15:43 PM Thanks! In Elk City and once we get to the cabin today we'll be pretty unplugged. I need that right now. 28853. thoughtful - 8/31/2016 1:13:59 PM We got back from 2 weeks in Alaska. What I determined is I NEVER want to live there. Heck even most of the people there don't want to live there...something like 70% leave for the winter. With air temps at -40, I can see why. They don't close school there unless the air temp is below -50!
We saw some nice scenery, but saw lots and lots of clouds. We did get most of our checklist accomplished though: bear, caribou, sheep, moose, orca, whales, sea otters, sea lions, seals, eagles, salmon running and glaciers calving, and the midnight sun. 28854. arkymalarky - 9/1/2016 2:17:18 AM Sounds like a great trip! We're getting the bathroom put in our Colorado house right now. The next door neighbor's a Carpenter, and he's doing it while we're here in Arkansas, and it makes me want to run up there just to flush the toilet. 28855. thoughtful - 9/1/2016 2:18:56 PM Love remodeling...so much fun to see it all come together so crisp and new. I'm sure you'll be doing a lot of flushing there, Arky!
28856. arkymalarky - 9/1/2016 3:41:09 PM Haha! 28857. vonKreedon - 9/1/2016 8:45:59 PM Every May I get nostalgic for the three seasons I spent in Kodiak processing seafood. I love Alaska and wish I could afford to visit regularly. 28858. thoughtful - 9/2/2016 2:45:16 AM vonK, you can have it...I found very little to attract me there. We saw a lot, learned a lot. But as our tour guide suggested, the crazies who can't make it in Vermont end up in AK! 28859. arkymalarky - 9/3/2016 1:17:08 PM I love AR, but the summer months are getting unbearable. Between bad allergies, mosquitos, and the humidity that aggravates both, it's hard to enjoy how beautiful it is. This has been aild, wet summer, but usually the heat on top of the humidity is suffocating. I can imagine moving to CO. Beautiful views, low maintenance yard, laid back environment, rural but with plenty to do. Our 3acre yard takes Stan hours to mow and manicure.
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