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What Google and Facebook are hiding.

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:28 pm
by abelcainsbrother
I don't know if you already know about this or not,but I just found out about it.

TED Talks : What Google and Facebook are hiding.

https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=p6vM4dhI9I8

Re: What Google and Facebook are hiding.

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:59 am
by 1over137
I knew about search engine watching what you click and adapting. I have not thought about it really

Re: What Google and Facebook are hiding.

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:59 pm
by FlawedIntellect
It's not really a secret these days that Google or Facebook use algorithms to sort information that you get. Thing is, though, algorithms are mathematical, and cannot perfectly account for what a person is interested in looking at.

This has been out in the open for quite some time now.

Re: What Google and Facebook are hiding.

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:00 am
by abelcainsbrother
FlawedIntellect wrote:It's not really a secret these days that Google or Facebook use algorithms to sort information that you get. Thing is, though, algorithms are mathematical, and cannot perfectly account for what a person is interested in looking at.

This has been out in the open for quite some time now.
Yeah but if a person is researching certain things and then later change their mind and are looking for new material they will be hindered.