<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear all,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The <a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Falgorithmobservatory.com" target="_blank">Algorithm Observatory</a> (<a href="https://algorithmobservatory.com">https://algorithmobservatory.com</a>) prototype is ready for testing, and I was hoping you could help us. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Right now, you can help us in two ways:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you for your support.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://oswego-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1jmq29v1I4-Dtq2ipqG4zZwVW3l58tKGfE8PMZ4Kc8xU-0&key=YAMMID-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Fulisesmejias.com" target="_blank">Ulises A. Mejias</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego<br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" 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-14394417&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-14394417&link=https%3A%2F%2Fcolonizedbydata.com" target="_blank"><i>Colonized by Data</i></a> (forthcoming)</font></div><br></div></div>