Social media content recommendation systems anthropomorphized as deity-like entities with mysterious preferences, requiring ritual-like behaviors to appease.
""How are you doing with the Algorithm?" "Oh, not well. I think I might've made it angry. It's not giving me any views." "You should really try to change that and post better content. Wouldn't want to fall out of the good graces of the Algorithm.""
"The idea that the algorithm may cause a gradual decrease in the user's mental health isn't exactly a secret, but the truth is that at this point most people who know it don't give a fuck. Instagram may have some contribution to an increase in teen suicides, but there is no social movement to get kid"