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Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A writer for Wired clicked 'like' on every single article, update, or advertisement that Facebook presented to him over the course of two days, and described what it did to his feed. It turns out, the algorithm can go pretty wild if you're willing to follow it down the rabbit hole of thumbs up. This leads Anthony to rail against social media and socializing in general, and Jeff to wonder what it means to be a machine. Support us on Patreon! [http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns](http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns) Hey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the iTunes link: http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns Jeff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Articles sent in by Sam Nolan: [http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/](http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/) and Eric Trapp: [http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/08/hate-facebook-or-your-life.html](http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/08/hate-facebook-or-your-life.html)

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0:00.0	It's nice you go up on the tram and it sounds pleasant.
0:19.2	Yeah it is.
0:20.2	It's a pleasant day.
0:21.2	Although I'm a little allergic to pleasantness.
0:23.2	Yeah, that just sound like you.
0:25.8	This is we have concerns.
0:26.8	Hi Jeff Canada.
0:27.8	Hi Anthony Carboni.
0:28.8	What are we talking about today?
0:29.8	There are a couple interesting articles about Facebook.
0:32.7	Oh Facebook aren't you?
0:33.7	You know the Facebook.
0:34.7	Oh I do know it.
0:35.7	Sam Nolan sent one to us.
0:37.0	It was a reporter in Wired who decided he was going to like every single thing in his
0:42.0	feed for 48 hours because Facebook algorithmically depending on what you like and what you don't
0:47.5	like decides what to show you.
0:49.8	Right.
0:50.8	So if you like something that a friend posts, not only will you see more things that
0:55.2	that friend posts, but you'll also see more things that are thematically similar to
1:00.2	what your friend posted.
1:01.2	And it doesn't matter if they post an article or a video, they can just write something
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