http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/ the love of change Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/#comment-2301 Jarred Taylor Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:16:58 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=887#comment-2301 Thanks Rachel. Perhaps the most impressive part of your comment to me was the fact that Davidson actually had a panel discussion on new media. Please tell me Hansford showed up and mumbled something about these damn kids and their picture box calculators? Thanks Rachel. Perhaps the most impressive part of your comment to me was the fact that Davidson actually had a panel discussion on new media. Please tell me Hansford showed up and mumbled something about these damn kids and their picture box calculators?

]]> http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/#comment-2300 Rachel Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:12:14 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=887#comment-2300 A couple weeks late and a bit of coherence short, but good post, Jarred! I went to a panel discussion (<a href="http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml" rel="nofollow">http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml</a>) yesterday on new media, and it's fascinating how the older generation is so terrified that we're going to personalize our info intake to the point of becoming idiots. The thing I can't get past is: how is this new? The panel discussed how to save newspapers for a long time, and my thought: people who wanted to only read the entertainment section were going to do so. People have been selecting their media a la carte for a long time--much like any type of technology, the advent of "new media" just makes the process more efficient. A couple weeks late and a bit of coherence short, but good post, Jarred! I went to a panel discussion (http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml) yesterday on new media, and it's fascinating how the older generation is so terrified that we're going to personalize our info intake to the point of becoming idiots. The thing I can't get past is: how is this new? The panel discussed how to save newspapers for a long time, and my thought: people who wanted to only read the entertainment section were going to do so. People have been selecting their media a la carte for a long time–much like any type of technology, the advent of “new media” just makes the process more efficient.

]]> http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/#comment-1907 Jarred Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:16:58 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=887#comment-1907 Thanks Rachel. Perhaps the most impressive part of your comment to me was the fact that Davidson actually had a panel discussion on new media. Please tell me Hansford showed up and mumbled something about these damn kids and their picture box calculators? Thanks Rachel. Perhaps the most impressive part of your comment to me was the fact that Davidson actually had a panel discussion on new media. Please tell me Hansford showed up and mumbled something about these damn kids and their picture box calculators?

]]> http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/#comment-1906 Rachel Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:12:14 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=887#comment-1906 A couple weeks late and a bit of coherence short, but good post, Jarred! I went to a panel discussion (<a href="http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml" rel="nofollow">http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml</a>) yesterday on new media, and it's fascinating how the older generation is so terrified that we're going to personalize our info intake to the point of becoming idiots. The thing I can't get past is: how is this new? The panel discussed how to save newspapers for a long time, and my thought: people who wanted to only read the entertainment section were going to do so. People have been selecting their media a la carte for a long time--much like any type of technology, the advent of "new media" just makes the process more efficient. A couple weeks late and a bit of coherence short, but good post, Jarred! I went to a panel discussion (http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml) yesterday on new media, and it's fascinating how the older generation is so terrified that we're going to personalize our info intake to the point of becoming idiots. The thing I can't get past is: how is this new? The panel discussed how to save newspapers for a long time, and my thought: people who wanted to only read the entertainment section were going to do so. People have been selecting their media a la carte for a long time–much like any type of technology, the advent of “new media” just makes the process more efficient.

]]> http://tropophilia.com/2009/01/14/does-the-personalized-web-filter-out-diversity/#comment-1867 Phoebe_b Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:53:22 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=887#comment-1867 The ideas you describe from The Big Switch (which I haven't read...) are fascinating - but I tend to agree with you that they're alarmist. For example, it's true that one question with recommendation engines is how to take into account people's changing tastes over time. But I don't agree that automated recommendations limit the range of people's consumption - first because recommendations are often designed to point to content that people wouldn't have come across otherwise (this is certainly our goal at Jinni) and second because I think people will always use automated recommendations in combination with friends' suggestions, critics' reviews, etc. As you say - moderation. The ideas you describe from The Big Switch (which I haven't read…) are fascinating – but I tend to agree with you that they're alarmist. For example, it's true that one question with recommendation engines is how to take into account people's changing tastes over time. But I don't agree that automated recommendations limit the range of people's consumption – first because recommendations are often designed to point to content that people wouldn't have come across otherwise (this is certainly our goal at Jinni) and second because I think people will always use automated recommendations in combination with friends' suggestions, critics' reviews, etc. As you say – moderation.

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