<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ulises Mejias</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ulises.mejias@oswego.edu">ulises.mejias@oswego.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 2:13 PM<br>Subject: Help us test the Algorithm Observatory prototype<br>To: Michelsub <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Hello Michael.</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">The <a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14402808&link=https%3A%2F%2Falgorithmobservatory.com" target="_blank">Algorithm Observatory</a> prototype is ready for testing, and I was hoping you could help us. <br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Part media literacy project and part citizen science experiment, Algorithm Observatory can help us understand how algorithms categorize us. This version is only a prototype with limited functionality that works with Facebook ads. But eventually, Algorithm Observatory will allow anyone to study any social computing algorithm. Our hope is that educators can use it as a learning environment.<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Right now, you can help us in two ways:</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">First, feel free to test it by submitting reports. It's really simple. All you need to do is fill out a survey and then upload screen captures of Facebook ads. If you encounter any bugs, please let me know. <br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Second, tell your friends about Algorithm Observatory! The more people we can get to test it, the better.<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Thank you for your support.</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14402808&link=https%3A%2F%2Fulisesmejias.com" target="_blank">Ulises A. Mejias</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego<br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">author of <a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14402808&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upress.umn.edu%2Fbook-division%2Fbooks%2Foff-the-network" target="_blank"><i>Off the Network</i></a> and, with Nick Couldry, of <a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14402808&link=https%3A%2F%2Fcolonizedbydata.com" target="_blank"><i>Colonized by Data</i></a> (forthcoming)</font><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div>
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