I found this video interesting:
https://www.facebook.com/...3550958%3A1521223011
The gist is a black man was creating videos regarding reparations and would occasionally get some racism in the comments section. Yada yada yada (watch the video for more) he ended up creating an alt white persona to see what it would be like from that perspective. What he ultimately noticed was that his two different personas (his real self and the alt right self) ended up experiencing two completely different bubbles that were the result of key interest advertising.
In other words, if you use a lot of left wing phrases, comments, watch left wing videos, click on left wing articles, etc. etc. you end up getting a lot of left wing advertisements, suggested articles, videos, etc. etc.
If you do that from the right, then you get the same thing from the right.
I always knew that people created their own echo chambers based on the people they surround themselves with, or the news and radio stations that they tune into, etc. I never really considered how this effect is magnified through advertising algorithms.
One thing I had noticed over the last few years is how I would see these posts by conservatives who are really pissed off at liberals doing X, Y, & Z, and my thought was, I never hear of any of these random liberals in far off places doing stupid things except through my conservative friends posting about it. Yet, they make it seem like its happening everywhere all the time.
Meanwhile I live in my own bubble where I'm like, "Trump has done X, Y, & Z and these people don't seem to even know about it!"
Interesting.
-----------------------------Baron Von Speedypants
-----------------------------RunTraining articles here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...runtraining;#1612485
https://www.facebook.com/...3550958%3A1521223011
The gist is a black man was creating videos regarding reparations and would occasionally get some racism in the comments section. Yada yada yada (watch the video for more) he ended up creating an alt white persona to see what it would be like from that perspective. What he ultimately noticed was that his two different personas (his real self and the alt right self) ended up experiencing two completely different bubbles that were the result of key interest advertising.
In other words, if you use a lot of left wing phrases, comments, watch left wing videos, click on left wing articles, etc. etc. you end up getting a lot of left wing advertisements, suggested articles, videos, etc. etc.
If you do that from the right, then you get the same thing from the right.
I always knew that people created their own echo chambers based on the people they surround themselves with, or the news and radio stations that they tune into, etc. I never really considered how this effect is magnified through advertising algorithms.
One thing I had noticed over the last few years is how I would see these posts by conservatives who are really pissed off at liberals doing X, Y, & Z, and my thought was, I never hear of any of these random liberals in far off places doing stupid things except through my conservative friends posting about it. Yet, they make it seem like its happening everywhere all the time.
Meanwhile I live in my own bubble where I'm like, "Trump has done X, Y, & Z and these people don't seem to even know about it!"
Interesting.
-----------------------------Baron Von Speedypants
-----------------------------RunTraining articles here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...runtraining;#1612485