Wondering whether I am too harsh with @CShirky for what he wrote http://post.ly/CiY2 I think I understand what he means

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... but what he means and what he writes appear to be 2 different things -- @NiemanLab points to an interview Jason Eiseman did with Clay Shirky (I guess right after Clay's presentation), in which Clay states:

There's a lot of argumentation about whether that they should trust algorithmic authority, but in a way that conversation obscures the fact that they are trusting algorithmic authority -- and I think the interesting research question is: why? What is it that people think that they're trusting when they trust Google search results, when they trust Wikipedia search results, when they trust links recommended to them by twitter, etc.?

But that is not what Mr. Shirky's article says -- his article (see If @CShirky actually believes what he wrote, then he should step down as university professor; otherwise he's a con-man) flat out quite simply states that such "algorithmic authority" is good (reliable, etc.).

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Wondering whether I am too harsh with @CShirky for what he wrote http://post.ly/CiY2 I think I understand what he means

... but what he means and what he writes appear to be 2 different things -- @NiemanLab points to an interview Jason Eiseman did with Clay Shirky (I guess right after Clay's presentation), in which Clay states:

But that is not what Mr. Shirky's article says -- his article (see If @CShirky actually believes what he wrote, then he should step down as university professor; otherwise he's a con-man) flat out quite simply states that such "algorithmic authority" is good (reliable, etc.).

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