The algorithms that prioritize what I encounter online fascinate me. How the exhaust from my online behavior can be used to determine what interests me or might be valuable to me and then is used to address these priorities seems potentially quite useful and I suppose under different circumstances quite frightening. Whether useful or damaging, how it all works is intriguing.
With Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the algorithm that determines what appears at the top of my feed has obviously changed. This algorithm is the default provided Twitter users as “For You”. I cannot figure out what the “For you” algorithm was designed to do. It now could be a direct feed from TruthSocial and it certainly is not providing content I would seek out. I am completely mystified by what about my use of Twitter would encourage this collection of misinformation. As a means to prioritize what interests me, it is a complete failure. So what is the goal?
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