Information Gatekeepers

by still thinking 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    Everything you look at and search for on the internet has been recorded and tailored specifically for you. They’ve figured out how to filter everything which they call a “filter bubble”. We don’t get to decide what we do and don’t get to see anymore. They block out what they don’t want us to see and we never get to see what’s been blocked. I can’t do nearly as good of a job explaining it so please check out this video below and get a better understanding of what’s going on.


    Meanwhile every person gets different results searching for information in the web. All web results are finally personalized by Google. There is no unique information; each information is made for each user. The world is now one where internet shows us things we want to see but not what we need to see. And this is a huge problem. Personalized filters construct a so-called "filter bubble" - a unique universe of information, depending on what you do and who you are. We are all part of the broadcast society, where internet does the outsourcing for us. The problem is, the algorithms do not decide on a individual level and ask what is relevant, important, uncomfortable, and challenging. Are we back in 1915 in the web, where others decide what is good for us? Ask yourself.

    What facebook and google are hiding from you.....

    This TED talk is 9 mins

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOE1HFEL8XA&feature=player_embedded

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    What about bing? Is it better than google?

    S

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    I use Duck duck go. I don't know about bing. And I don't know if duck duck go is any better either. I'll have to try a comparison with the searches and see what results I get and how different they are.

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    I just compared duckduck and bing w google. Google gave more results for what i was looking for.

    S

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    I wonder if they were the same results I would get on google? If I knew how to do a screen shot we could compare. That would be interesting.

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Sorry, can't do screen shots. You could do your own comparison. There is another one, askjeeves, which finds quite a few results.

    S

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    I haven't tried askjeeves. I stopped using google because of their spying involvement. Duck duck go guarantees they don't keep any personal information. We'll see...

  • talesin
    talesin

    ST

    How to save a Screen shot

    1. Hit the Print Screen button

    2. Go into your Paint software, position the cursor on the screen and hit Control "V" .... voila! You can save it as a jpeg, pmt or whatever.

    It's too easy!

    xo

    tal

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    (((((((Tal)))))) Would that be the buttone that says....PRTSC?

    Lets do the test satanus!

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    My printscreen doesn't do anything, no paint software.

    S

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