[kictanet] Facebook's real risk

[Phares Kariuki]

So, amplify this risk - when you have free basics, this is all the user knows. 

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Phares 

> On Nov 21, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Eric Mwangi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Interesting Moses, as I like to put it - the perils of living in an "echo-chamber"
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 21 Nov 2016, at 16:26, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>> Well put Moses.
>> 
>> My take home today is:-
>> 
>> Digital in-breeding. As Swaleh Mdoe would say - Tafakari hayo.
>> 
>> Ali Hussein
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>> 
>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On 21 Nov 2016, at 6:34 PM, Moses Karanja <mosekaranja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think the biggest tragedy we face, not just as Kenyans but as humans, is the behavior of teaming with only those we agree with. 
>>> This takes two levels. 
>>> Consciously: Some shares a news item on your timeline about a topic you find disgusting. You unfriend or unfollow them. 
>>> Unconsciously: Social network algorithms study your behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. 
>>> The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are only interacting with those who look like you. 
>>> We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital in-breeding'. 
>>> Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep socialization process though. 
>>> The issue is the second level; can social networks rewrite their algorithms to bring diversity to their subscribers at the cost of weakened business models that depend on engagement and personalization of online experiences. 
>>> 
>>> This is not a simple problem and even if Facebook fixes the 'Fake News' problem, this 'digital in-breeding' will still lurk with us, not forgetting that other social media platforms have a responsibility too. 
>>> 
>>> -Moses
>>> 
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