{"id":493,"date":"2011-05-20T06:51:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T05:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/493-beware-online-filter-bubbles.html"},"modified":"2011-05-20T06:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T05:53:24","slug":"beware-online-filter-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/493-beware-online-filter-bubbles.html","title":{"rendered":"Beware online "filter bubbles""},"content":{"rendered":"

When I saw this<\/a> little video on TED.com<\/a> I just had to share it as quickly as possible. If you, like me, get most of your information from the Internet you should be aware of this issue. Facebook, Google, Yahoo and several other large information brokers have installed filters that optimize the information you see based on your interests and what you click. There is an issue with that. Information you probably should be aware of get filtered away, you are not even aware that it exists.<\/p>\n

Please use a few minutes to see this video and beware online “filter bubbles”<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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When I saw this little video on TED.com I just had to share it as quickly as possible. If you, like me, get most of your information from the Internet you should be aware of this issue. 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