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Knight First Amendment Inst.<p>"Visualizing Virality" illustrates and investigates virality and demotion on Twitter. Through this visualization you can see—and perhaps feel—how the engagement events on popular tweets unfolded over time. Click through to experience it. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OptimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OptimizingforWhat</span></a> <a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/introducing-visualizing-virality" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightcolumbia.org/blog/introd</span><span class="invisible">ucing-visualizing-virality</span></a></p>
Ulrike Hahn<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> </p><p>For those who missed the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University workshop on "Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society”</p><p>the video recordings can be found here: </p><p>Day 1<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovy4qS0tbE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hovy4qS0tb</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p>Day 2<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR5USgx9YgI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=WR5USgx9Yg</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p>Well worth a watch!</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vdignum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vdignum</span></a></span></p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> last session:<br>- many collectivist communities with individualist societies <br>- it is a dynamic world; things change always</p><p>Overall, my main takeaways:<br>- ethics is too vanilla!<br>- communicative <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> rather than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmic</span></a> optimising</p><p>And what I missed:<br>- the tradeoffs of optimising (more than the forms and approaches to optimising)</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Georgina Born: ethics is not enough, there are many other social and human issues that need consideration. </p><p>I love her statement: Ethics is a little too vanilla!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResponsibleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResponsibleAI</span></a></p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Aviv Ovadya: we forgot the bridges! <br>Needed to promote diversity, and valuable forms of conflict</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@UlrikeHahn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UlrikeHahn</span></a></span> <br>I often refer to the need for the "free range eggs" approach in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitaltechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltechnology</span></a>: different (ideological) proposals for the same type of platforms, expressing different values and giving users possibility of choice.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a></p>
Ulrike Hahn<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> </p><p>Day 2 Knight event “Optimizing for What? Algorithmic Amplification and Society”</p><p>Great point by Jason Burton on platform design: if we look at food choices, we see that (many) people will pay more, for example, for a product that is more expensive (Fairtrade coffee) or even more expensive and less tasty (healthy granola bar) because they appreciate that these are better for us in some way- it's not unreasonable to take the same expectation to online platforms</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vdignum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vdignum</span></a></span></p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Conflict starts long before violence. Ravi Iyer and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jonathanstray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jonathanstray</span></a></span> present design measures to deal with it in social media</p><p>11/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> @BrettFrischman proposes friction by design and a model to describe and evaluate it. Example of use 👇<br>10/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Seth Lazar: platforms shape communication by design, moderation and curation. Lead to affordances, demotion/amplification, and reach.<br>We need a positive goal to aim at to shape these pathologies</p><p>8/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Benjamin Laufer and Helen Nissenbaum: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amplification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amplification</span></a> is causing erosion of knowledge processes ( the creation, extension and *verification* of knowledge)<br>9/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> : properties of measures of amplification <br><a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanstray/status/1651981607782195200?t=5LiiKuNLlRp3hi_Jecn4CA&amp;s=09" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/jonathanstray/stat</span><span class="invisible">us/1651981607782195200?t=5LiiKuNLlRp3hi_Jecn4CA&amp;s=09</span></a><br>7/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> William Brady: amplification is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithm</span></a> issue but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> .<br>Algorithms exploit existing social learning functional biases through their design to capture attention and maximize engagement<br>6/n</p>
Richard Reisman<p><a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/optimizingforwhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforwhat</span></a> # a reframing, as i just suggested to the first panel</p><p><a href="https://techpolicy.press/from-freedom-of-speech-and-reach-to-freedom-of-expression-and-impression/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techpolicy.press/from-freedom-</span><span class="invisible">of-speech-and-reach-to-freedom-of-expression-and-impression/</span></a></p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> Daphne Keller: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> will also benefit from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a> regulation: access to explanations and benefits from improved data use for research...<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrusselsEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsEffect</span></a> strikes again 😀<br>5/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> @ Daphne Keller referring to Francis Fukuyama, we need a middleware for ranking algorithms. Through which platforms open up for others to provide their own ranking alternatives representing different ideas.<br>4/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> . Important point by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://birdsite.miisu.net/users/tarletong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tarletong</span></a></span> : Media distribution is designed to amplify. What we object/refer to with "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amplification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amplification</span></a>" is amplifying what we disapprove, and the cumulative aspects of amplification<br>3/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alondranelson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alondranelson</span></a></span> speaking. Surprising that tech is not more central/ larger in this graph. Tech is underlying all policrisis currently experienced <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a><br>2/n</p>
Virginia Dignum<p>Looking forward to this meeting today and tomorrow at @Columbia organised by the great <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randomwalker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>randomwalker</span></a></span>! Will be commenting here in Mastodon. Follow me.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResponsibleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResponsibleAI</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optimizingforWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimizingforWhat</span></a> <br>1/n</p><p><a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/events/optimizing-for-what-algorithmic-amplification-and-society" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightcolumbia.org/events/opti</span><span class="invisible">mizing-for-what-algorithmic-amplification-and-society</span></a></p>