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Facebook had succeeded in identifying what people would truly, meaningfully interact with, the things they would share and talk about. Their algorithm was holding an ever-more-precise mirror up to Americans’ psyches, and intensifying their strongest reactions. But the company’s obsession with metrics, with giving people exactly what they would
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