<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314773">Blessed Tuesday!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314776">When Governments do the shut-downs, there is hue and cry.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314778">When the players/providers have mixed up or fake information, we may say it is algorithms and users "not the provider perse".</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315020">I believe this is a matter that requires deserves attention as it <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315431">centres on the legitimacy of the web as a whole</b>.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_316004">Next we shall start overly questioning the information accessed on Bing, Google, the Bible on the web, ebooks etc.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315172">On the elections front, with the Kenyan elections coming up, any serious contender and voter is keen have legit information and the web's double-edge role cannot be downplayed.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span>Be blessed.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_316058">Regards/Wangari</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314661"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315782">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315785"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315784">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315787">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, 21 November 2016, 21:54, Phares Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2825983952"><div><div>So, amplify this risk - when you have free basics, this is all the user knows. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">--<div>Phares </div></div><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt90443"><div><br clear="none">On Nov 21, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Eric Mwangi via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt25895"><div><div>Interesting Moses, as I like to put it - the perils of living in an "echo-chamber"<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br clear="none">On 21 Nov 2016, at 16:26, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div><div><div>Well put Moses.</div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature">My take home today is:-</div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature"><b>Digital in-breeding</b>. As Swaleh Mdoe would say - Tafakari hayo.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></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=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On 21 Nov 2016, at 6:34 PM, Moses Karanja <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com">mosekaranja@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
</div></blockquote></div></div><div><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt75794"><div>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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<div>This takes two levels. <br clear="none">
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<div><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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<div><b>Unconsciously:</b> Social network algorithms study your
behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. <br clear="none">
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<div> The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are
only interacting with those who look like you. <br clear="none">
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<div>We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital
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<div> Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep
socialization process though. <br clear="none">
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<div>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 clear="none">
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<div>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 clear="none">
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<div>-Moses<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv2825983952moz-cite-prefix">On 21/11/2016 18:14,
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