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Engineering polarization in society
Please note- I am an ethnic woman who has always been paid 47% less than my male peers in every industry i have worked. Despite my many accomplishments, i was never paid or respected for the caliber of my mind, but only what they thought i was worth. therefore, i donate this work to humanity. let us hope in 131 years women are indeed free. until then, i offer this knowledge that i created in the hopes that it can further the cause. the day after the only human being alive who cared for this earth was arrested for protesting inaction on climate. i stand with Greta Thunberg. Ms. Thunberg- forgive the delay. I was busy pretending life could be fair. I am here now, better late than never. I will gladly take my lead from you ma’am.
Algorithms used on social media platforms, including SEO algorithms that are used by predatory search engines like google are designed to ensure that the platform owners continue to make more money.
in order to achieve this effect, since the platforms are often touted as being free the ideal method is to create an emotional anchor for the user. an emotional anchor serves similarly to an addiction cycle. the most effective emotional anchor is to trap the user into a cycle of
fight:freeze
This would easily transfer over to the early days of using social media platforms. At that time…
