The Riots in France Are What Happens When Facebook Changes It Algorithm
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#2It really worries me about if we know the implications of the algorithms that are been used. I don't think that this is what FB intended, but more thought needs to be given to affects of algorithms.
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#3I know HN is on a Facebook media train right now, but blaming them for the widespread discontent in France that's been simmering for years is disingenuous.
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#4lol facebook changing an algorithm causes riots to break out in various places in the world? No other accountability to be doled out-- just that evil algorithm! One danger of the AI era is the stupidity seen in this title and article -- people no longer thinking for themselves or believing in themselves.
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#5Oh come on! The French don’t need no Facebook for a good riot.
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#6Oh please.
Yes. It's Facebook that's causing these riots. Just like the telephone was the true cause of the Iranian revolution.
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#7This builds on the trend that was started when Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK because of fake news he read on Facebook.
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#8What bothers me about the coverage of the riots is so far I have seen no one offer an opinion on whether the rioters' complaints have merit.
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#9I know HN is on a Facebook media train right now, but blaming them for the widespread discontent in France that's been simmering for years is disingenuous.
Exactly. Although facebook has the power to change mainstream politics on long timescales, claiming that all those protests are products of AI brainwashing is just wrong.
Even more so, instead of touching on why facebook should be a host of information but not a communications modulator, this article, like many others, insists that Facebook should brain-wash and manipulate people the way they like, not the way they do now, because that's the "right" thing.
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#10This article makes a lot of assertions, and doesn't even try to substantiate them.
So, Facebook tweaked its algorithm and local Anger Groups spread across French Facebook at a shocking speed.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, Buzzfeed?