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Americana Scrapbook's avatar

Wow, I never thought about it like that. Thanks for this!

Aparajita Vaid's avatar

Ahh thank you 🤍 I’m so glad it resonated. I think a lot of us feel strangely seen by algorithms these days, even when that “seeing” is incredibly hollow.

Shaina Sahu's avatar

loved reading this! coincidentally i'm also working on a piece about algorithms - absolutely loved your take on the loneliness/connection aspect of it :)

Aparajita Vaid's avatar

Thank you so much 🥺 I think there’s something so haunting about being emotionally profiled by systems that can predict us, but never truly understand us. Would love to read your piece when it’s out 🤍

Srishti chouhan's avatar

And the algorithm knew. Or rather, it had inferred. It had read the pauses, the lingering, the three-second hesitation before scrolling past a certain kind of content, and it had drawn a conclusion about my interior life that was, uncomfortably, correct.......now the algorithm also know ...unique writing