Just months after the discovery that Facebook’s “trending” news module was curated and tweaked by human beings, the company has eliminated its editors and left the algorithm to do its job. The results, so far, are a disaster.
Over the weekend, the fully automated Facebook trending module pushed out a false story about Fox News host Megyn Kelly, a controversial piece about a comedian’s four-letter word attack on rightwing pundit Ann Coulter, and links to an article about a video of a man masturbating with a McDonald’s chicken sandwich.
The dismissal of the trending module team appears to have been a long-term plan at Facebook. A source told the Guardian the trending module was meant to have “learned” from the human editors’ curation decisions and was always meant to eventually reach full automation.
I want sensationalist headlines painting baby boomers as these confusing beings like they do to millennials.
“Why are baby boomers buying so many diamonds?”
“More than one house? The baby boomer obsession.”
“Baby Boomers: why do they find pleasure from swimming in their money?”
“‘When I was a kid I chased fireflies down by the creek!’ - why the beginning of this famous diatribe is irrelevant, ignorant and as worthless as baby boomer values.”
“Why are boomers terrified of kids on smartphones? A closer look into the older generation’s irrational fear of embracing new technology, even though they lived through half a century of rapid innovation.”
Jesus fuck okay so I’m a waitress at this restaurant that’s open really late and it’s nearly 1am and this family comes in and I’m so tired that I handed their BLIND SON a menu and he’s like “ah… thank you… I’ll just… read this” in a serious voice and I fucking snorted
GOD DAMN IT I PUT THEIR FUCKING FOOD DOWN AND NO ONE WAS TALKING SO THIS LIL SHIT FUCKING EXCLAIMS “WELL IT LOOKS DELICIOUS” I LOVE THIS FUCKING KID
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Arin Can't Find Dan in a Crowd
Arin:
desperate times call for desperate measures.
Arin:
*cups hands over mouth* I AM ARIN HANSON AND I SMOKE WEED
