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The Future of Social Networks
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56:53 - 1:02:06 (05:13)

The future of social networks may be making them less social to lessen the problem of divisive content. The key will be focusing on content quality rather than people manipulating distribution.

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The future of social networks could be less social, as people self-select the most divisive content to share in order to get likes and broad visibility, exacerbating the problem.
56:53 - 59:55 (03:01)
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Social Networks
Summary

The future of social networks could be less social, as people self-select the most divisive content to share in order to get likes and broad visibility, exacerbating the problem. By imagining a way to avoid grabbing things from friends' shared content, we may find a way to make social networks less divisive.

Chapter
The Future of Social Networks
Episode
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
According to Elon Musk, the future of social networking is not about people manipulating distribution, but rather producing interesting content.
59:55 - 1:00:55 (01:00)
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Social Networking
Summary

According to Elon Musk, the future of social networking is not about people manipulating distribution, but rather producing interesting content. Different networks will have different value functions to determine what is considered good content, similar to Google's page rank search.

Chapter
The Future of Social Networks
Episode
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The process of matching a query with a document in information retrieval can extend beyond just text queries and documents.
1:00:55 - 1:02:06 (01:10)
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Information Retrieval
Summary

The process of matching a query with a document in information retrieval can extend beyond just text queries and documents. Queries can also represent individuals and their attributes, which are matched with a variety of documents using algorithms.

Chapter
The Future of Social Networks
Episode
#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast