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The Problem With Facebook's "Related Articles"

It sounds like Facebook has yet to perfect its “related articles” feature, which uses relevancy algorithms to suggest stories that it deems similar to those that users click on in their news feed. In one instance, as The Boston Globe reports, Facebook suggested that a reader check out a report about the president and his wife having “S*X in Oval Office,” after clicking on a story about Michelle Obama’s innocent exchange with the young girl. Yeah.

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