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Re:I miss blogrolls by Bensch on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:09PM (#16240833)
Recommenders and editors are both curators. My comment also doesn't recommend algorithmic curation, except in linking tribal members.
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Re:I miss blogrolls by specialist on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:15PM (#16240883)
What's the algorithm for taste, opinion, intuition, judgement, exploration, novelty, criticism?

Machine learning-based recommenders are just feedback loops, automated groupthink.

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Aha. It's worse than that. Today's recommenders are merely accelerated preferential attachment. aka Fads.

Thanks, articulating myself has been a useful exercise.

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Re:I miss blogrolls by Bensch on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:26PM (#16240973)
I think you're confusing "algorithm" with "curation".
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Re:I miss blogrolls by specialist on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:29PM (#16240997)
So you do understand! Terrific.
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