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Course: Social media literacy > Unit 3
Lesson 3: What is artificial intelligence and how do social media companies use it?Reflection activity: Your experiences with algorithms
What world is social media showing you?
Reflection activity
🤔 CONSIDER:
Take another look at your favorite social media app.
- Keeping in mind what you have learned about algorithms, what do you notice about what your feeds are showing you?
- Why do you think the algorithm decided to show you what it did?
Want to join the conversation?
- I see a lot of influencers(3 votes)
- I watch an influencer often on Youtube, and they show up very often on my homepage(3 votes)
- my hobbies or things I like usually show up.(2 votes)
- i see a lot of people trying to influence the good(2 votes)
- 1. They tend to show you things your interested in
2. Because of your past searches.(1 vote) - 1. I notice that my feed gives me videos where people do makeup, hair, skin care, etc., because they know that is what I search for and like the most. They are familiar with my likes, which keeps me engaged in the app.
2. I believe the algorithm continues to show the videos it does, because they are aware it would be harder for me to be disinterested. They want to keep me engaged in the app.(1 vote) - my 'fyp' is just people getting hit by trucks. Does that mean i like watching people die or get hospitalized?😭(1 vote)
- meow meow meow meow meow meow meow(1 vote)
- real ah jittleyang? or fuhuhalatoogen?(1 vote)
- 1. What I notice about the feeds that are showing is when I look and like it or go to more they going to show more often.
2.What I think the algorithm decide to show what I did is they want you took look at more of what your seeing and get you on your phone longer.(1 vote)