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Fiendish Thingy

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4. Algorithms work in mysterious ways

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:28 PM

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If you so much as like a post by someone, you could start seeing things that person likes too.

A lot of times FB tries to guess what will trigger your engagement, positive or negative.

I have a fake FB account too, and it took awhile before the algorithms learned the only thing I’m interested in is music related posts.

I still see AI slop political crap in the reels section, but I guess that’s just what is trending on the whole platform. I never tap or watch any of the reels, so as not to trigger new algorithms .

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