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Most Readers Don't Like Customized News |
| from the you-decide-for-me dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 29, @17:33 (The Internet) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/29/2031251/Most-Readers-Dont-Like-Customized-News |
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An anonymous reader writes "Despite the push by organizations such as
Google and Yahoo!, a recent study found [0]not everyone is a fan of
web-based customization for news. The researchers defined customization
as when the user gets to choose specific topics to read on a daily basis.
Instead, some prefer personalization. This is when the system chooses
content based on a reader's past choices. 'The obvious assumption is
people would like more control over what they read,' Sundar said. 'We
found when it came to evaluating new stories and quality of content,
customization was the preferred method for power users. If you were not a
power user, you wanted the system to tailor the news for you.'"

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0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/66907/20100929/researchers-online-news-google-yahoo.htm