miguelf 's review for:

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

3.0

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Found it difficult to get into this as I found it somewhat meandering into the topic of how social media algorithms affect the 'culture'. There was no depth on the technology side which seems quite overlooked on this topic. Most of us have a feel for how our feeds try to guide / manipulate us (for many they're actually beneficial) - but it never went into enough depth on why they might not be beneficial a la Zuboff's "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism".