Homework 10

  In Eli Pariser speech over filter bubbles he explains to us that the Internet has been limiting what we can find on the Internet. He goes over the fact that when two different people search the same subject, they both end up with different sources. This is happening because the web is giving us sources based off where we live, who we are, what we have searched in the past, and etc. These “filter bubbles” are limiting us to what we know. One way to avoid these filter bubbles is by erasing your history. These filter bubbles will chose what information you can find based on what websites you have visited in the past. You can simply try to avoid this problem by erasing your history regularly. Another way you can avoid this is be keeping your birthday private. Usually, when it comes to identifying whom someone is on the web they usually use your birthdate because its possible that someone may have the exact same name as you. If you keep your birthdate private then these filter bubbles will not be able to limit what you can see when searching something. I would not view filter bubbles nessicarly as a bad thing. Yeah it limits what we see but it also shortens our search and usually leads us to sources that are useful to us. When it comes to academic research, when using the web, it can hurt our research because it does limit what we see. But I believe we can avoid this problem by sticking to databases. I will definitely test the theory that cleaning my history will change what I find when researching. It’s a simple task to perform so why not give it a shot right?