Filter Bubbles

I have watched a video on filter bubbles, as per the requirements of exercise 8. Funny, how this video keeps popping up, and I watched it way back in the day when it was released on YouTube.

So with that said, there isn't much I can say that would be different from what I've thought before - namely, the idea of a filter bubble, Google or otherwise, can be taken to a potential extreme. As Pariser points out, the different information presented can pander to a user's expectations and/or warp their sense of events (lack of events in Egypt being depicted, as per the video). However, I can also appreciate the worth of filter options. If a user is repeatedly accessing information on the same subject/aspect of a subject, then it's an interest that the user has existed prior to the filtering of information.

Overall, my personal inclination is to say that Google's filtering system is a net positive. If a user is seeking information on a subject, then I believe that it is primarily the responsibility of the user to do the research for it, and there are other avenues than using Google's search engine.