As people contort themselves to please the algorithm for sho...

As people contort themselves to please the algorithm for short-term payouts, there’s even more of the less legible, less liquid, but ultimately more important long-term value up for grabs for you if you continue to just be yourself and talk about whatever lights your fire, algorithm be damned.

Packy McCormick • A Market For (Almost) Everything

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Stand for something that’s all your own. Help us find unexpected things and think unexpected thoughts. Don’t create for the algorithm (as tempting as it is to try and give it what it seems to want, to help your brand gain visibility). Don’t drift to the middle in search of eyeballs. Think bigger, more long-term, more societal-level, even. Do things... See more

Beth Bentley • Is the Algorithm Making Us LESS Stylish, LESS Interesting, LESS...ourselves?

Say how you really feel, not what you think other people want to hear.

Social media is a gallery of ideas, not a popularity contest. Show up as your true self so you can find your true people. If you try to please everyone you’ll end up pleasing no one.

James McCrae • Being an artist in the age of algorithms

Reject the Algorithm – Of Dollars and Data

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