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Re:Microsoft launches a personalized news service, Microsoft... by reaperducer on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:30PM (#28474296)
The result of automated personalization is yet another internet echo chamber.

Computers are pretty good at telling you what you want to know, because they work off of your existing feedback. What they're terrible at is telling you what you should know, and what is important.

If the same systems that recommend the news were used to deliver the weather, every forecast would be "Sunny and 72 degrees." In other words, useless.

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Re:Microsoft launches a personalized news service, Microsoft... by exochrono on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:58PM (#28474569)
More likely every forecast would be either extreme heatwave or bitter cold snap headed your way. Similarly useless but a higher probability that you to click to find out more..
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