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I recently received a disturbing email from a viewer—let’s call him John to protect his identity. John felt like the social media algorithms on YouTube and Facebook were intentionally destroying him, pushing negative and destructive content into his feed.
Having worked on these platforms since 2014, I want to pull back the curtain on how this selection process actually works. While these algorithms constantly change and act as “black boxes,” the underlying mechanics are entirely predictable.
