Your algorithm is who you are

I’ve shared on here many times that I’m not a big fan of algorithms in social media and search and what they’re doing to us. However, even if you don’t follow my lead with things like Bluesky and RSS, there are things you can do to help fix the algorithms that you see.

As shared in a recent podcast, Gary Vaynerchuk says this (paraphrased):

“Go into Instagram or whatever app you like to use, search for things like happiness, joy and kindness. When the results come up, go click Like on hundreds of them, and leave kind comments on dozens of them. When you wake up tomorrow, you’ll have an entirely new feed.”

Social media algorithms can do bad things, and you should work to avoid them as much as you can, but they largely shape the feed that your actions have led to.

Do you want a better feed? Change your actions.

Originally published at https://www.mickmel.com.