A filter bubble is used by many websites that we use on a
daily base. Google, EBay, Yahoo this is just a few big time named that a
majority of us use for research. A filter bubble is also a website's way of providing
the user's preferences or similar things that you looked up before to assist
them with future searches. As for example you look up a Camaro on EBay at the
bottom of the page EBay will suggest to you items that will go along with Camaros.
Some of the draw backs that I believe is in place with filter bubbles is how
everybody don’t need extra suggestions when they are purchasing items because
some people have shopping problems and if you show the shopper things related
to their search that they believe is important than they will be forced to by
it by their mind because of their addiction. It can also be bad for academic research
because its just suggestions and it might not be credible for the type of
research that the person needs for the certain assignment. One of the ways that
the filter bubble have been present in my life was based off of Facebook when I
searched for people who lived in stone mountain then it gave me a specific
search from the people who lived in stone mountain and went to my high school.
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Kadarius! Your blog post was great! I think you gave great examples of filter bubbles which showed that you really grasped the concept and definition! I like how you brought the idea of a filter bubble into EBay and online buying websites! I didn't really think about that! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Kadarius! You made good points about the filter bubble issue. Facebook, google, netflix, etc., all have that filter bubble, and I 100% agree with you on the unnecessary suggestions that shopping sites give people because people do have shopping issues, and don't really need to see the extra things because they will be tempted to buy just about everything!
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Oh yes I totally agree with this blog. I didn't even think about all the sources that would be suggested and not credible. When it comes to that you made a very good point. I also think that all the extra suggestions may not be needed and in my opinion it could be a bit annoying because you want the website to show you searches that you're interested in and not just random links.
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