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On firehoses and filters: Part 1
Introduced by the author Kyle Chayka, the term ‘Filterworld’ encapsulates the phenomenon of uniformity shaped by the invisible hand of digital algorithms. In this digital age, algorithms are the unseen curators, dictating the content you consume and influencing your tastes, relationships, and the fabric of your daily life through interfacing platfo... See more
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The job of filters is to screen out that noise.
Chris Anderson • The Long Tail
Bottom line: When the amount of information available to be filtered is effectively unlimited, as is the case on the Net, then every improvement in the quality of filters will make information overload worse.
Nicholas Carr • ROUGH TYPE
Analytic processes may require filters on the front end to remove portions of a big data stream when it first arrives. There will be other filters along the way as the data is processed. For example, when working with a web log, a rule might be to filter out up front any information on browser versions or operating systems. Such data is rarely need
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