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The Hidden Algorithms Behind Your Social Media Feed 🀯

lokesh singh tanwar on October 20, 2024

Ever wonder why every time you open your favorite social media app, you find yourself scrolling for what feels like minutes but turns into hours? πŸ™ˆ...
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Qian Li

One interesting fact is that many social media sites will down-rank/suppress any posts that contain links to other sites. The reason is that they want to keep their audience on their own sites.

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Vaibhav Dwivedi

+1 to this. I remember how Instagram used to show warning links when trying to click it. Then they introduced a WebView based browser inside their app only. Pretty clever :)

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lokesh singh tanwar

So true! Instagram’s move to a WebView browser within the app was definitely a clever way to keep users from leaving. Smart strategy! βœ…

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lokesh singh tanwar

Exactly! Social media platforms down-rank external links to keep users on their site longer.🀚🏼❀️

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Zack Altom

Thank you, great article. I already knew all of this but it's nice to have it written in a well structured form. I think the key takeaway for readers should be "taking back control" over the algorithm. Simple thing to do to start developing good habits again.

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks a lot! I totally agreeβ€”the key is definitely about taking back control and building better habits. Glad you liked the structure!❀️❀️

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Shimanta Das

Awesome πŸ‘πŸ‘

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lokesh singh tanwar

glad you liked it ❀️🀚🏼

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Duc Nguyen Thanh

good topic

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lokesh singh tanwar

glad you liked it ❀️🀚🏼

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Vaibhav Dwivedi

Woah, you went all into this post. Love the intricacies!

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lokesh singh tanwar

Glad you enjoyed it❀️🀚🏼

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Arindam Roy

really great and deep insights into the world of social media and their used algorithm

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lokesh singh tanwar

Thanks a lot! ❀️❀️ I'm glad you found the insights valuable

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Martin Baun

Whoa! I thought anyone with any more details than that would be under an extremely strict NDA. Aren't recommendation algorithms like gold to companies?

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lokesh singh tanwar

Haha, you’re totally right! πŸ˜„ Companies definitely treat their recommendation algorithms like gold. But sharing general insights is still safe ground!

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Wade Mora

thats surely these are the reasons

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lokesh singh tanwar

Absolutely! Those are definitely some key reasons behind it.❀️