<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Interesting Moses, as I like to put it - the perils of living in an "echo-chamber"<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 21 Nov 2016, at 16:26, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Well put Moses.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">My take home today is:-</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><b>Digital in-breeding</b>. As Swaleh Mdoe would say - Tafakari hayo.<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 21 Nov 2016, at 6:34 PM, Moses Karanja <<a href="mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com">mosekaranja@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>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.
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<p>This takes two levels. <br>
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<p><b>Consciously:</b> Some shares a news item on your timeline
about a topic you find disgusting. You unfriend or unfollow them.
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<p><b>Unconsciously:</b> Social network algorithms study your
behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. <br>
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<p> The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are
only interacting with those who look like you. <br>
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<p>We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital
in-breeding'. <br>
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<p> Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep
socialization process though. <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>-Moses<br>
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