Lazy B0y@lazyb0y@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
to my understanding this is technically incorrect.
an algorithm can even be a static calculation method and does not necessarily require „watching“ me.
it could just be „fill most of the feed by whatever is posted right now by people the user follows in chronological order, but every 5th post display sprinkle a random post from at least 1h ago to max 10h ago“
that’s an algorithm.
for that matter, even „chronological order“ is actually an algorithm…
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@lazyb0y@mastodon.social
Well, if you specifically want it show stuff important to you personally, that would need to monitor you in some way 🙂
In computer science algorithm means almost anything on a computer, but most people don't use the word in that way. They usually use it to mean a feed that moves stuff around, hides stuff or pushes stuff in an opaque way.