Wow

The article, It’s Not Misinformation. It’s Amplified Propaganda, brings up the interesting idea of Ampliganda. It is the result of a system in which trust has been reallocated from authority figures and legacy media to charismatic individuals adept at appealing to the aspects of personal or ideological identity that their audiences hold most dear. The public is able to speak their minds with a good possibility of it spreading over the internet. It is scary how the social media algorithm works to identify popular content, true or not, and surface it to users. The internet is a giant web of interconnected users, each with an agenda, shouting at one another to pay attention.

Wonder

I wonder what consequences could surface due to an individual’s content, whether it be a Twitter post or YouTube video. Are these algorithms causing more mayhem than educating one another? How do these algorithms work? How is content considered popular?

Self-reflection

I personally feel like these internet algorithms have a long way to develop. I’ve briefly read about YouTube’s algorithm and have seen different responses regarding the algorithms’ advantages and flaws. Most YouTubers disagree with YouTube’s algorithms as it only favours channels with videos about recent trends and advertiser-friendly content which is biased. I’m interested to see how the YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all the other social media’s algorithm turn out in the future.