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RE: How ‘engagement’ makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media - The Conversation
That's probably part of it. I definitely think we tend to sort ourselves into social media echo chambers. But the article points out that the algorithms amplify some voices and suppress others. The author argues that the manipulative part arises from the content that the algorithms choose to amplify and suppress.
No doubt. But it's still influenced by the choices we make, especially Youtube