Tuesday 7 February 2017

MIT-designed Chrome extension fixes your Twitter filter bubble

Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f375333%2fcbc63ec4-4e13-4732-80e2-5d1288ecd3c4
Feed-twFeed-fb

It's no secret that our social media feeds are pretty biased toward our own political leanings. And while we've seen a handful of Chrome extensions and other tools that address this issue on Facebook, we haven't yet seen as many tools made for Twitter. Until now.

Researchers at MIT have created a new Chrome extension that changes your Twitter feed to that of someone with different political views. 

Called FlipFeed, the extension infers your political beliefs based on your own feed and then shows you the feed of someone with opposing views.  Read more...

More about Chrome Extensions, Twitter, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software

http://ift.tt/2kj8AZG from Tech http://ift.tt/2kJZngu
via IFTTT

No comments:

Post a Comment