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The Real Problem with Facebook Graph Search: Perpetuating "Filter Bubbles"
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Is Facebook Graph Search limiting our ability to learn new things? Eli Pariser believes that in personalizing search results, search engines are giving users the results that they want, but not that they need. Personalized results narrow our knowledge base and miss an opportunity to expose users to new and different information, creating “filter bubbles.”[read more]
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“Infographics are a great example of how important it is to structure information, especially for visual people. On the one hand infographics create neat summaries of data - headlines which attract attention - but they also make information attractive, enticing and easier to grasp. There's a great book called Information is Beautiful which is stuffed with great examples of this.”
“Such an eloquent, sympathetic and thought-provoking approach to this story. Reading the posts is tragic; Amy's Baking Company are as foolish as their trollers, but I agree that there's more to learn from this story than 'how not to run your company's social media'. A bit of understanding, for a start...”