Technology
How Social Media Algorithms Shape Echo Chambers
Quick fact
On platforms like Facebook and YouTube, algorithmic content curation can cause users to consistently encounter viewpoints that match their own, with one study showing that conservative and liberal users often see entirely different sets of news articles, even on the same platform.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever noticed that your social media feed seems to always agree with you, almost as if it's reading your mind? What if that's not a coincidence, but a design?