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I've long wished all social media platforms had a "Under no circumstances do I wish my feed to be curated. Ever." Just show me content on a genuine, unfiltered timeline from accounts I have chosen to follow. Doesn't matter if it's a firehose, the feed is already a firehose and I only follow quality posters anyway
At least for Twitter, I think this still happens if you move everyone into a list and only view the list.
I'll go for "duh!" for $100, Alex. Any curation affects media exposure (algorithmic or not). By definition, curation means there's a filter, and a filter implies that some things won't get through. A bit of a shame to see my tax dollars funding do-nothing studies like this one. Study also seems weirdly partisan: for example, "During the COVID-19 pandemic, informative tweets about fatality rates and preventative measu…
Why just social media? Why not a notice before Fox and Friends, Tucker Carlson, Maddow, and John Oliver? Are they not biased curators? Why should “traditional media” get a pass? Do “journalistic style standards” defined by a minority not result in curated exposure? The language being used is so vague it could apply more broadly than just TikTok. Why do east coasters get to broadcast to west coasters? Why is someone e…
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> makes decisions regarding what objects to select > guide the organization in its collecting just because it's at the front of the pipeline doesn't mean it's not a filter.
Yes, that's why the comment you're replying to says, "Of course, acquisitions and exhibit curation do involve filtering."
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Yes, that's why the comment you're replying to says, "Of course, acquisitions and exhibit curation do involve filtering."
When someone says "by definition, X means Y" they don't mean "X only means Y". Your comment thereby reads as an internal contradiction as you are admitting they are correct and yet also are adamant they are wrong.
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Why just social media? Why not a notice before Fox and Friends, Tucker Carlson, Maddow, and John Oliver? Are they not biased curators? Why should “traditional media” get a pass? Do “journalistic style standards” defined by a minority not result in curated exposure? The language being used is so vague it could apply more broadly than just TikTok. Why do east coasters get to broadcast to west coasters? Why is someone e…
Because they are Publishers? And not platforms?