How #socia media #algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making #decisions for us. "[There] are equations that measure what you're doing, #surveil #data of all users on these #platforms and then try to predict what each person is most likely to engage w" Kyle Chayka explains. "So rather than having this neat ordered feed you have this feed that's constantly trying to guess what you're going to #click on, what you're going to #read, what you're going to #watch or #listen to." https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224955473/social-media-algorithm-filterworld
@bespacific Isn't customizing the experience for each person's unique tastes the complete opposite of "flattening" culture?
@LouisIngenthron or Customizing=flattening
@bespacific How? Isn't the idea of a "flattened" culture one where everyone likes and watches the same thing? How is that not antithetical to individual customization?
