Social media algorithms are designed to capture your attention. It turns out humans can't help but click on and watch softcore porn of teenage girls dancing, thumbnails with cartoonishly expressive faces, and videos with jump cuts every 2 seconds. The companies behind them say they are just giving people what they want. In my opinion they are exploiting the subconscious human brain, much like how food brands make their junk foods hyper palatable by loading them with sugar and oil.
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