Tuesday, January 24, 2012

TED Talk Reflection

In class today, we watched the TED talk where Eli Pariser discussed "filter circles" online. I did not know about the filter circles before today's class. But, I must say, I'm not a fan. I would much prefer the web to be totally free of filter circles so that I can see all the information the Internet has to offer on the topic I'm interested  in. The fact that major websites like Google and Facebook are filtering the information we receive upsets me. I believe we should be able to view everything the web has to offer. Google and Facebook don't really know what my interests are just because I tend to click certain links or search for specific things. The web was once a place totally free of filtering. It needs to get back to that point.

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