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Agree. And imagine if, instead of a single “good for all” black box algorithm, one could simply apply custom filters. “See less of this” or “always show” or “no retweets”.

People are obsessed with personalization algorithms and disappointed when this involves giving people control to personalize. As though personal control isn’t magical enough (in comparison to the magic of the algorithm).




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