Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Facebook Makes You Smarter, Thanks to Friends You Don’t Talk To

Stephen Downes

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This is the way it's supposed to work. "Information being shared on Facebook is highly diverse and coming to you mostly from people you rarely talk to, says the latest Facebook Data Team Study.... Facebook users are more likely to consume and share information from their close contacts (frequent interaction), but people also consume more novel content — about new products and current events — shared by weaker contacts (infrequent interaction) because of their 'abundance' on the network."

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