Beating the Algorithm

From our reading, we learned a little bit more about how we write not only for our general audience but also for an algorithmic audience. There are certain methods one can use in order to appeal to the algorithmic audience so that the post you’re making is broadcasted to a lot of people. For example, in the video that we watched on TikTok a couple of classes ago of the lady painting the bricks into her pantry, the hashtags that the realtor included in her post were so bizarre. I don’t exactly remember what they were but a lot of them had nothing to do with the content that she was actually posting, however, we found out that the hashtags she included were the trending hashtags at the moment. By including those hashtags, her content was shown to a bigger audience and there was more interaction with what she had posted.

Later in class, we talked about how the algorithm audience can filter out what we see on our social media platforms based on who we are. After having watched the TED Talk video about how the internet algorithm could be harmful instead of helpful my perspective changed. I noticed the things that popped up on my social media and realized that I wasn’t even seeing posts from certain people because I didn’t interact with their posts as much as I did with someone else’s.

I found this really cool article about how to alter the Instagram algorithm. There are ways to combat this issue! https://mashable.com/article/how-to-change-your-instagram-chronological-feed