Thursday, May 24, 2018

Musk and social site for ranking news articles

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/24/17389388/elon-musk-twitter-pravda

Article starts off with Musk doesn't understand how journalism work.  Doesn't?
A rant?  President spends most of his day Twittering and Musk five minutes differentiates less a rant and being unhinged? 

I hadn't followed another article's rants on freedom of the press, or how consent drive media otherwise, in a 'free country' has amounted so much to the culmination of what we have today.  Musk isn't responsible for the erosion of media outlets (such as the Denver Post given all of its layoffs) and that a major hedge fund (outside of Musk's control) would be engaged in all the cost cutting that effectively makes parts of media merely outlets of topically surface reporting, or for that are more likely to be silenced.   

Musk does, however, raise important points regarding 'fake news' especially when its used in connection with popular social media sites like Facebook.  In an age, where consumer advertising is driven to pushing hyperbolic reinforcement of personal subjectivity.  'Fake news' has been akin to provisioning a false social reality and social manipulation at that. 

Finally the article's red herring is laid that Musk is offering a smoke screen...hmm...as though categorically effort and attention is focused to things that Musk should be paying attention...exempting that the oval office does precisely this sort of thing repeatedly more often that many in politics have simply stopped responding.

Facebook is now being pressed for misuse of consumer data as well as its role related to 'fake news'.  Google has lost (for its ad sense) major sponsors for provisioning alt-right content that such sponsor weren't interested in endorsing or having wanted affiliation.  More so if Musk's ideas were employed in a way effectively so as to limit the influence of false social biasing, we might have at times better picture of how people nationally or world wide felt about any number of media articles, and in some ways, we might see, how the alt-right were given all the power of distorting an image to make it appear as being far more popular and accessible than it really were.  Trump could hardly stand the reality  (that were allegedly 'fakes') of the inauguration crowd images, or that his lead weren't as commanding as a hoped for a country so swept about by Trump's vision.  A perfect storm of social media culture has, of course, complimented Trump and his entourage, and only the usual consent of authoritative press making has been relied upon here in combating Trump.

As to other matters....

Apparently Grimes related to Musk in a intellectually curious way that sparked some dating interests, or so what...sounds pretty normal to me.  The other half of media doesn't get smart people relating to one another beyond something saccharine being involved.  Musk couldn't be more perfect for Grimes...given anagrams and all... :)

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