“In a new peer-reviewed study published today in Science, Facebook data scientists have for the first time tried to quantify how much the social network’s formula for its News Feed isolates its users from divergent opinions. According to their findings, Facebook’s own algorithms aren’t to blame. It’s us.”
“One of CEN’s specialities – as with the naked Russians – is to offer its clients a story to accompany a particularly compelling image.”
“Increasingly, Facebook is America’s news editor. Only it’s an editor with a vague and amorphous set of value—news judgment that is tailored to every reader’s own behaviors and likes.”
“Safety Check locates Facebook users near a disaster site through the city they list on their profile, or from where they last used the Internet. Users then receive a notification asking to confirm that they’re safe or to say that they weren’t in the affected area.”
“While the prototype won’t be on sale anytime soon, the company thinks there’s a clear need for something like this, especially as facial recognition technology improves.”
“Some things that it would be great to see in 2015 are: Facebook optimizing the newsfeed to help its users grow and develop, not just click. Amazon optimizing recommendations for user satisfaction, not just purchase. Brain-training that actually works. Services that allow people to better understand themselves, make better decisions, become happier.”
“Art has always posed a problem for Facebook. Its community standards ban nudity, and the combination of algorithms and overseas workers that scan the site for infractions have trouble distinguishing between an artistically nude image and a pornographically nude one. … Now it seems New York magazine’s art critic Jerry Saltz has been caught in … Continue reading “Jerry Saltz, Social Media’s Favorite Art Critic, Suspended From Facebook”
“Social media giant Facebook has been taken to court by a French user whose account was closed down after he posted an image of Courbet’s racy painting L’Origine du Monde (1866). According to Le Figaro, the world-famous oil-on-canvas was part of a promo for an art history video about the artwork, broadcasted by the highbrow … Continue reading “Facebook’s Battle Against Nudity In Art”
“The club also underscores the scope of Zuckerberg’s wide-reaching ambition for Facebook as an unbundled, omnipresent force online”
“As much as PHP code and ‘The Hacker Way,’ art is a fundamental part of the Facebook culture. Art doesn’t just decorate Facebook’s offices, it defines them.”
