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Algorithmic filters are driving our search (information) on internet and give us information what we want and not what is complete

Nice video of Eli Pariser: “Beware online "filter bubbles"” which inspired me for this discussion
Algorithmic filters are driving our search (information) on internet and give us information what we want to hear and which is comfortable to us. We are not getting the wider perspective of the information or in short the complete information.
Will the internet will be governed by large corporations like Google, Facebook etc. Or by the government which imposes the restriction on the information in future.
On the other hand I agree with Mark Zuckerberg statement “A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa”
If I am searching an information on internet on “The Most Expensive Cities in the World” and if search engine shows me information on “Most Liveable Cities in the World” which will be annoying to me as I don’t want this piece on information right now hence in this perspective Mark Zuckerberg statement is correct as long as I am getting the information what I am looking for at time will help me in my search.

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    Derek Tachiyama

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    Dec 16 2011: You have to understand how a search engine works. Try using variables, such as AND, OR, and NOT. These should filter things out efficiently. That's how I do research for school. Want to learn about kitty hawk but not the wright brothers? type in kitty+hawk NOT wright+brothers. Try looking it up, there are a list of variables you can use to help filter out content you don't want. Otherwise, you're leaving it up to a computer to decide what is relevant to you. Hope this helped some?

  • Ed Schulte 50+

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    Dec 11 2011: Best rule of thumb

    that I know of is to keep in mind that only around 20% of the information taken off the www is Truthful and don't get drawn in by the remaining 80%.
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      Derek Tachiyama

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      Dec 16 2011: yeah, well you gotta remember who has access to the internet right? It isn't too hard to tell if a source is credible. and of that 80% that is "incorrect" so to speak, I bet half or more is worthless opinions.
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