On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 17:01, Fajro faigos@gmail.com wrote:
This remind me of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbi2i_Y7gSE
and http://www.thefilterbubble.com/
I don't like filter bubbles.
"And what's in your filter bubble depends on who you are, and it depends on what you do - but the thing is that, you don't decide what gets in - and more importantly, you don't actually see what gets edited out." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbi2i_Y7gSE&t=4m23s
What am I misunderstanding? Surely there is a difference between the "filter bubble" that decides what content to show me on it's own, and an "opt-in" filter where I can decide for myself what content I may or may not want to see?
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM, onthebrinkandfalling@aol.com wrote:
What am I misunderstanding? Surely there is a difference between the "filter bubble" that decides what content to show me on it's own, and an "opt-in" filter where I can decide for myself what content I may or may not want to see?
yes, but you still would be in a bubble.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:02, Fajro faigos@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM, onthebrinkandfalling@aol.com wrote:
What am I misunderstanding? Surely there is a difference between the "filter bubble" that decides what content to show me on it's own, and an "opt-in" filter where I can decide for myself what content I may or may not want to see?
yes, but you still would be in a bubble.
Hmm. I think the problem with filter bubbles is that you don't even see, say, stories from your political opponents. There is quite a substantial difference between not even knowing that Google or Facebook are removing news about a particular topic, and voluntarily choosing not to see, say, the images on the 'Fisting' article.
That's not necessarily an argument for the opt-in filter, but I don't see how the comparison with the so-called 'filter bubble' is a good one. I'd have a problem if people started making overwrought comparison to Nazi book burnings too. Justifying such an overwrought comparison by saying "well, the material would still be censored" isn't helpful to the discussion.
On 30 June 2011 10:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Tom Morris, 30/06/2011 11:28:
I'd have a problem if people started making overwrought comparison to Nazi book burnings too.
Wow, a reductio ad reductionem ad Hitlerum argument.
Trained professional philosophers can get away with that sort of thing. Omega can predict whether you'll try this at home, kids!
- d.
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