Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter's Dorsey: I Want To Reduce 'Echo Chambers' By Controlling What You See | Daily Wire

In an interview with The Washington Post this week, Twitter head Jack Dorsey talked about the supposed issues facing Twitter.

At Moptu we will never, ever, no matter what, attempt to tell you what you should see. We believe that your best sources of news come from your friends, family, and the people that you trust. However, we also give each user the chance to remove him/herself from the echo chamber by exploring the "topics" pages which have articles representing every single viewpoint of our users.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter turns to academics to improve conversational health on the platform | TechCrunch

Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform. It’s all part of the company’s continuing long game for social relevance. Despite the fact that it lost 1

Politics | Politics

The fake news machine: Inside a town gearing up for 2020

There's a whole industry dedicated to producing fake US news in Macedonia – and it's getting ready for 2020

It amazes me that so many people have such a high capacity to believe almost anything if it backs up their own previously held opinions. So much of "fake news" is clearly untrue, yet large groups of people believe it anyway. It's also interesting that both sides believe that only the other side pushes fake news.

Miscellaneous | Social Media

Blue Feed, Red Feed

See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side

Science & Technology | UX Design

The Biggest UX Challenges Of 2017

UX is no longer just about user experience. It's about social justice.