filter bubble
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filter bubble
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Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser in 2010.
noun filter bubbles
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A state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
The other problem with algorithms is that they trap us in what is known as “filter bubbles” — the digital equivalent of an echo chamber, in which our incoming sources of information have been so customized to us that they simply confirm and reinforce what we already believe.
Similar: circle jerk, echo chamber, hugbox, mutual admiration society
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noun Translations
| Español | filtro burbuja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 필터 버블 pilteo beobeul |
| 日本語 | フィルターバブル |
| 中文 | 同溫層 /同温层 tóngwēncéng |
| हिन्दी | फिल्टर बबल philṭar babal |
| Português | filtro de bolha |
| Français | bulle de filtres, bulle de filtrage |
| Deutsch | Filterblase |
| Italiano | bolla di filtraggio |
| Русский | пузырь фильтров puzyrʹ filʹtrov |
| العربية | فقاعة المرشح |
| עברית | בועת הפילטר |
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