
61% of young people get most of their news from Facebook, but because of algorithms curating their feeds, they’re primarily shown news and views that fit their own.
"In its purest form, it’s a modern-day interpretation of the old saying “keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.”
Likewhatyouhate.com analyzes everything you ever liked on Facebook and maps out your political and ideological standpoint—and then counters it.
You’ll get an extensive list of pages, people, politicians and groups you most likely hate. Based on how skewed your starting point is, you’ll have to keep liking until you reach a more balanced feed.
As every user provides us with a unique set of data, we offer each of them a personal analysis of their filter bubble—and tell them how to break out."
"61% of young people get most of their news from Facebook, but because of algorithms curating their feeds, they’re primarily shown news and views that fit their own.
As more than 75% of VICE readers are under 35, this problem hits close to home."
"To make Facebook users aware of their own filter bubble and hopefully change their behavior to gain a more nuanced view on the world."
"Our biggest breakthrough moment was when we discovered that algorithms aren't the problem—it's actually our own behavior. The algorithms are merely mimicking our behavior so in order to change them, we had to change our own behavior on social media by starting to like what we hate."
"Our biggest breakthrough moment was when we discovered that algorithms aren't the problem—it's actually our own behavior. The algorithms are merely mimicking our behavior so in order to change them, we had to change our own behavior on social media by starting to like what we hate."
"We learned that people are actually really scared to step out of the comfort of their own filter bubble—which made the cause seem even more important."
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