Algorithmic Blindspots - David Perell

if you want to find emerging and under-rated ideas, stop using algorithms.

These ideas are hidden and obscure. They’re the opposite of viral. Instead of relying on algorithms to find them, identify your favorite people and follow the people who influenced them.

Internet metrics over-value quantity and under-value quality. It’s a measurement problem. For example, platforms can easily calculate how many people read my articles, but they can’t evaluate the quality of those people.