“The algorithm” is what interjects things “you might like” or “people you might know”. It’s what tries to push an agenda.
I ran Twitter and Facebook for the longest time in purely chronological order and it would literally only show you the people/places you follow. Nothing more, nothing less. It was the only way I made it useful to me and prevented me from missing things and finding info in time for the event/gathering/sale whatever. As soon as they dropped that option, my feeds got corrupted with people and places I didn’t care to know or follow. Shoving me towards causes and attempting to sway my opinions or enrage me against things it thought I should be enraged about. The Algorithm is one if the reasons countries become divided and set in bubbles.
“The algorithm” is what interjects things “you might like” or “people you might know”. It’s what tries to push an agenda.
I ran Twitter and Facebook for the longest time in purely chronological order and it would literally only show you the people/places you follow. Nothing more, nothing less. It was the only way I made it useful to me and prevented me from missing things and finding info in time for the event/gathering/sale whatever. As soon as they dropped that option, my feeds got corrupted with people and places I didn’t care to know or follow. Shoving me towards causes and attempting to sway my opinions or enrage me against things it thought I should be enraged about. The Algorithm is one if the reasons countries become divided and set in bubbles.