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Portrait of Anil Dash Anil Dash,  Tech and the Fake Market Tactic (2017)

“ We’ve already seen that a lot of news consumers aren’t interested in being safely and reliably delivered to accurate news. Success in this case will be much easier: A robotic publisher only has to deliver content that’s emotionally engaging enough to earn a person’s readership for a few moments. That’s even easier to do if the publisher or distributor of the content doesn’t care if the story is true or not. Peter Thiel is on Facebook’s board of directors. ”
Source: Wikisource

Portrait of Anil Dash Anil Dash,  Tech and the Fake Market Tactic (2017)

“ Readers can’t trust the information they’re being provided to make a content decision. A single opaque algorithm defines which readers are matched with which publishers. Publishers have no control over their own ad rates or profit margins. Regulators see the genuine short-term reader benefit but don’t realize the long-term harms that can arise. After Markets: Self-Driving News But wait, it gets worse. ”
Source: Wikisource

Odd De Presno,  The Online World

“ As the cost of communicating and using online services continues to decrease, many people will be able to do the same. This is where we are heading. Some people say it is too difficult to read news on a computer screen. Maybe so, but pay attention to what is happening in notebook computers. This paragraph was written on a small PC by the fireplace in my living room. The computer is hardly any larger or heavier than a book. (Sources for monitoring notebook trends: NEWSBYTES' IBM and Apple reports, CompuServe's Online Today, and IBM Hardware Forum.) ”
Source: Gutenberg

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