Ian Griffin
1. At what point do you think "The John Irving Problem"
truly becomes a problem?
The Point in which this becomes a real problem I my eyes is when the
personalization starts to filter out the opposing views of topics, such as if a
republican only sees books about that type of view they will never fully
understand why they are republican, because they do not know or even see the
democratic view. Also when people are trying to find something new that haven't
seen before and thanks to the personalization of these algorithms a person
would have to go out of their way to find it, and it may only be catered to the
views of authors they have always read
not an author that is different.
2. Do you have the tendency to freely share when asked (as Mark
Zuckerberg counted on when building Facebook? If so, why do you think you
have that trait?
I do not have a tendency to freely share when asked, especially online for
everyone to see. I am this way because if a person really wants to know my point
of view they will ask me. Overall I am not in to the technology that thrives
upon this, it leaves room for unwanted comments, and reactions from people whom
I may not want to have asked in the first place.
3. Do you consider "The Big Board" to be good information
to share with writers/reporters? If so, why? If not, why not?
I do not believe that "The Big Board" is good information to
share with reporters/writers, because if every were to write about the think
that was most popular then there would be much to say about that topic that
someone hasn’t already. Another reason would be that all information is
important to someone, and not reporting or writing about things that the
majority of people don't like is unfair to the people that do in fact like or
have an interest in said topic. People would stop writing an reporting on
things the in particularly care about or have knowledge of and just settling
for the status quo.
