garden_variety_jess on Nostr: Exactly this. The moment for me was in December 2023 when I asked my husband to show ...

Exactly this. The moment for me was in December 2023 when I asked my husband to show me his home feeds across platforms to compare them with mine. He was seeing zero news from Gaza, and that’s when I realized they are building and reinforcing multiple divided social realities here, not simply doing censorship.

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Started running an experiment with my friend to share into a message group the things the algo feeds us to incite anger. We are of opposite political beliefs. The algo absolutely feeds anger based on what it believes to be your political stance.

The problem is far too many people view the world through the lens of their social media algos. It warps the view of reality.