The Reality of Being Data Driven and Why Your Company Isn’t
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
—Alan Wilson Watts
There were dashboards everywhere,1 monitoring activity across the network and showing the latest news from CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. If anything unusual happened, you would instantly see it on one of the monitors. The company could then respond right away and prevent any serious consequences.
This was the “War Room” that Facebook had set up to monitor the U.S. midterm elections in 2018. The company has built special dashboards to monitor fake news, bots trying to spread misinformation, and nefarious actors.
This might seem over the top for Facebook but the company ...
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