I think you are making the mistake of thinking that “the algorithm” is some esoteric or evil thing. When in reality it’s just a formalized set of rules for filtering and optimizing what you are looking at. Imagine if you did a blanket, unoptimized search for some keywords on the internet. You would NEVER find what you were looking for. You’d have to wade through 100+ pages of just nonsense and random spam sites that have hidden text with thousands of popular keywords on them.

There is nothing wrong with an “algorithm.” The problem is having your feed manipulated without your knowledge and without your control. That someone *else* is deciding what is good or bad or that you shouldn’t/should see.

I actually did an episode & an article about this…

https://fountain.fm/episode/lcUGdAmT499x8klNKtuY

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I like the calls for social media companies to open up their algo's. Fire can be used for good, it can also be used as a weapon. Same with algo's, they are not inherently good or bad they are whatever the coders have programned them to be.

That’s the thing. It’s how they’re used. Which, in the context of this thread, is the evil I refer to.