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[ NNSquad ] TED 2011: Web Personalization as "Junk Food Algorithms" 

TED 2011: Web Personalization as "Junk Food Algorithms"

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--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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