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We were talking about filter bubbles the other day in class
and I found an article on them on CNN. Facebook Shows You What You Want to See
Post-Election (http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/09/technology/filter-bubbles-facebook-election/)
describes how Facebook uses filters to make sure their users only see content
that they like. However, I have to admit
that I’m still skeptical of how influential these filters are. While I have no doubts that they exist, I’ve
personally noticed that my news feed is more dominated by political posts that
I disagree with than ones I agree with. I
suspect of the major filters that people may be facing is self imposed. I’m sure that everyone has had had an
argument or two over the last election, but increasingly people have let these arguments
ruin friendships that they have.
Increasingly people have been letting politics ruin their friendships as
noted in Politico’s article Trump and
Clinton wreck Facebook friendships (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-facebook-friendships-227175),
this is what I personally suspect to be the largest filter on Facebook.
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