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No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
Michelle Rose Josephmichellerosejoseph.substack.com
“I see creators get frustrated with the algorithm; they’re assuming something’s wrong,” he said. “It’s a lot easier to blame the algorithm than to try to say, ‘My content isn’t that good.’ ”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
“One day you’re beating up on Facebook for leaving up too much hate speech, and the next day, you’re beating up on them for taking down too many legitimate ads.”
Alex Kantrowitz • Is the Tech Press Bad? With The Verge's Casey Newton
Is the Tech Press Bad? With The Verge's Casey Newton
open.spotify.comIt’s strange to think of a “feed” existing outside of a screen, but these apps work like an algorithmic Netflix home page for physical space.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Substack is under attack again. The crusade is led by a site contributor, Jonathan Katz, whose style might be characterized as embittered-conventional
Jarrod Dicker of the Washington Post had a great insight about the rise of “expensable media” (think Stratechery, The Information, 2PM) and its positive impact on the creator ecosystem. This same effect could fuel a massive expansion in the consumer subscription software market that is compounded by a shift away from the office and its bundled amen... See more
Brett Bivens • Consumer Subscription Trends
But an unbounded information landscape is not an unalloyed good. Because social media does not favor accuracy or balance or diversity. It favors clicks. The more engaging and enraging the content, the more clicks it receives.