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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (7 children)

So what should we call the thing that we don't want in our social media feeds that controls what we see?

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Engagement based personalized recommendations.

[–] timhh@programming.dev 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Catchy. Can't imagine why "algorithm" caught on instead.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's because Al Gore invented the internet, so they are known as Al Gore Rhythms.

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