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Bubbles is a New Way of Recreating Old Problems
By combining blog feeds with an upvote button and the promise to reveal the best blogposts by popular vote, feed aggregator Bubbles has replicated problems with metrics-based recommendation algorithms. The expressly competitive framing of the upvote system has encouraged a competitive mindset, and the most-upvoted posts have ended up converging on certain topics more than others, running counter to the projectโs original stated purpose. In light of these issues, the popularity of the project raises questions about what it might mean as an indicator of broader issues in the surrounding blogosphere. [This is a webmention. Click through to see the full post.]
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