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'''<dfn>Trends</dfn>''' is a feature on social media [[silos]] that shows the some of the most popular hashtags (AKA <dfn>Trending hashtags</dfn>), links, news articles, words, or phrases that are being used or cited in [[posts]], and have been criticized on Facebook & Twitter for being manipulated by bots and/or showing conspiracy theories at the top. | '''<dfn>Trends</dfn>''' is a feature on social media [[silos]] that shows the some of the most popular hashtags (AKA <dfn>Trending hashtags</dfn>), links, news articles, words, or phrases that are being used or cited in [[posts]], and have been criticized on Facebook & Twitter for being manipulated by bots and/or showing conspiracy theories at the top. | ||
== Silo Examples == | |||
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* Facebook trends show that Elon Musk has deleted Facebook pages for SpaceX and Tesla [[File:FB-musk.jpg|500px]] | |||
=== Twitter === | |||
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== Criticism == | == Criticism == | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 23 March 2018
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Trends is a feature on social media silos that shows the some of the most popular hashtags (AKA Trending hashtags), links, news articles, words, or phrases that are being used or cited in posts, and have been criticized on Facebook & Twitter for being manipulated by bots and/or showing conspiracy theories at the top.
Silo Examples
(stub) Facebook
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- Facebook trends show that Elon Musk has deleted Facebook pages for SpaceX and Tesla
(stub) Twitter
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Criticism
State Level Actor Manipulation
Facebook and Twitter have been criticized for not recognizing or identifying when trending hashtags may be the result of bot accounts run by state level actors (e.g. Russia) artificially inflating the popularity of particular politically motivated hashtags.
Showing Conspiracy Theories First
Facebook has been criticized for showing conspiracy theories at the top of their "People Are Saying" for news articles in their Trending News section.
- 2018-01-31: from: https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/958786714562105345