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Re:Algorithmic Curation Impacts Media Exposure in Twitter Ti... by lalopalota on Thursday October 06, 2022 @12:21PM (#33110259)
> makes decisions regarding what objects to select

> guide the organization in its collecting

just because it's at the front of the pipeline doesn't mean it's not a filter.

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Re:Algorithmic Curation Impacts Media Exposure in Twitter Ti... by kragen on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:25PM (#33113602)
Yes, that's why the comment you're replying to says, "Of course, acquisitions and exhibit curation do involve filtering."
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Re:Algorithmic Curation Impacts Media Exposure in Twitter Ti... by saurik on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:02PM (#33115788)
When someone says "by definition, X means Y" they don't mean "X only means Y". Your comment thereby reads as an internal contradiction as you are admitting they are correct and yet also are adamant they are wrong.
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Re:Algorithmic Curation Impacts Media Exposure in Twitter Ti... by kragen on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:46AM (#33122909)
You are very confused, but I am not sure exactly how.
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