Writer coins ALGO-OWN: complaining about the algorithm reveals your secret preferences
granawkins · x · 2026-10-26
Writer Grant Hawkins coins "ALGO-OWN": when you inadvertently reveal your secret preferences by sharing or complaining about "the algorithm" — e.g. "Google keeps showing me fake stories about Trump," "My For-You page is full of thots," "ChatGPT assumed I was a teenager." Complaining about what the feed shows you is effectively confessing what you watch.
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