THE FILTER BUBBLE (MOD#5 post4) Facebook seems to have picked up on the rumor that their site is encouraging "filter bubbles" and "echo chambers." One of the articles states that Facebook has attempted to reduce this effect by making it so that when a user on Facebook clicks on an ad or news story, that, instead of ads or news from the same source reappearing, ads and news related to that topic will appear from a variety of sources. This is to provide the user with a variety of different view points on a particular topic. However, Facebook seems to be skeptical overall about the idea that their website creates these "filter bubbles" and "echo chambers." Through one of their own studies, they claim that it isn't their fault, but rather the users' fault for surrounding themselves with friends who have the same or similar points of view as them. I have to disagree with Facebook's attitude towards this phenomenon as almost...