On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:02, Fajro <fai...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <onthebrinkandfall...@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. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> Please don't print this e-mail out unless you want a hard copy of it. If you do, go ahead. I won't stop you. Nor will I waste your ink/toner with 300+ lines of completely pointless and legally unenforceable cargo cult blather about corporate confidentiality. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
