This is disturbing because the recommendation algorithm that TikTok uses to pull videos for the personalized “For You” feed is known for being scarily precise, to the point where intelligent people have expressed concern that it might be used for mind control. TikTok users often refer to the process that produces the feed in front of them as “my” algorithm, as if it really were an extension of self. So I ask—though I do not want to—what does my TikTok algorithm say about me? (And can it please say something else?)

Tiffany, K. (2021, June 21). I’m scared of the person TikTok thinks I am. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/your-tiktok-feed-embarrassing/619257/