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[ PRIVACY Forum ] TED 2011: Web Personalization as "Junk Food
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Fri Mar 4 01:11:02 2011
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TED 2011: Web Personalization as "Junk Food Algorithms"
http://j.mp/eMS9Uv (This message on Google Buzz)
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http://j.mp/hV97UF (Wired)
" ... how companies like Facebook and Google are tweaking their algorithms
to personalize user experience. Filtering content to cater to
perceived needs is quickly creating an internet that shows us only
what it thinks we want to see rather than what we should see ... "
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I addressed some issues related to this topic back in September,
in "Search Personalization: Blessing and Trap?" - http://j.mp/bxfVdq
--Lauren--
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