Linux Flash going to be limited to Chrome

[Thomas Milne]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Jamon Camisso
<jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 12-02-24 08:39 PM, Thomas Milne wrote:
>> It is striking how quickly the Web became dominated by just a few
>> sites. Kind of chilling, really, but if you don't see it on Google
>> News, Facebook, or Twitter, it probably didn't happen ;)
>
> Oh it did happen,

This meant sarcasm: ;)

> just that most folks aren't aware of how customized
> those sites are to their particular biases. Caught in a 'filter bubble'
> as it has been termed: http://www.thefilterbubble.com/ted-talk

The first comment on that page describes what I've found recently,
Twitter is often a much better news source than Google, though it
takes some time and effort to get to that point, and obviously there's
still a danger you can build and even more restrictive bubble. But
that's true with any medium, it takes extra effort to seek out the
information that is not 'fit to print'. It's not like the Internet is
doing anything different than TV, newspapers, and magazines have
always done. It's all about advertising and PR.

> Do an experiment, try not using Google for a week. It isn't as hard as
> you might think and it feels great to explore different ways and places
> that are available to seek out information online.
>
> Seriously, try just a week, as an experiment.
>

Well, I've already spent most of the last week ignoring Google News
anyway, because I'm finding that there is a lot more diverse and
interesting coverage and perspectives on Twitter of the stories I'm
interested in. I also use Facebook mainly to follow people or
organizations that cover favourite topics. Google News tends to repeat
the same headlines for days at a time now, which is very frustrating.
I'm not sure what their deal is, but it's becoming almost like a
static page sometimes :-\

But you're right, there are some things that literally will never show
up anywhere 'automatically', for that I go directly to certain sites
like Democracy Now, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and so on. It is quite stunning
just to see the difference between Al Jazeera and most Western media
sources.

That reminds me, just finished a book called Al-Jazeera: How TV News
Challenged the World by Hugh Miles. Absolutely required reading for
anyone interested in modern news media.

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Thomas Milne
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