Facebook ’s algorithm - driven “ Year in Review ” videos are supposed to be a fun , quick way to live over your life-time in 2014 . They ’ve probably littered your timeline for the past few Clarence Shepard Day Jr. / weeks now . But what if you simply need to forget the retiring crappy 12 month of your biography ? short , these clip become not so fun .
This was the case for Eric Meyer who tried to invalidate Facebook ’s callous video because of the hardships he face in 2014 , specifically the untimely end of his six - year - old daughter . To make matters worse , Facebook posted a picture of his daughter with exemplification of people dancing around have a party . Meyerwasn’t glad .
Meyer explains in a blog post that he understands that the feature is great for most of Facebook ’s user but only require that users be inquire to participate in Facebook - created videos rather than have them show up on your provender without warning . According toThe Washington Post , Facebook reached out to Meyer and apologize , enounce the app “ was awe-inspiring for a lot of people , but clearly in this shell we brought him grief rather than delight . ” Jonathan Gheller , the the Year in Review Cartesian product manager , says that the squad will take Meyer ’s prompting under consideration in the time to come .
Of course , the technical problem in this case is that algorithms ca n’t feel , so they tend to roleplay like insensitive whoreson sometimes , or in other quarrel , a robot . As Meyer points out , the program ca n’t discern why a picture or Emily Price Post may have so many “ likes”—whether joyous or grievous . But Facebook also breeds a culture of incontrovertibility . After all , you could only “ like ” but never “ dislike , ” so it ’s not surprising that the company may have overlooked the idea that many of us , like Meyer , had a pretty terrible 2014 and really do n’t need to be reminded of it . [ The Washington Post ]
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