While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user's viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, ...

Do the posts you receive reflect what you actually value?

Algorithms shape the beliefs people form: Simple changes to content curation algorithms can affect beliefs, consensus, and belief accuracy. Personalized engagement-based ranking can be problematic: ...

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Social media companies know the power of reinforcement and do their best to deliver this to you to keep you hooked. However, there are things you can do to counter-control these attempts to keep you ...

Breaking up has always been hard. But in the digital age, consciously uncoupling has never been more difficult. So, what are the rules of engagement for blocking someone after you've called it quits?

A large-scale experiment tested the impact of changing the Bluesky feed-ranking algorithm on political content and perceptions during the 2024 US presidential election. By making feeds more ...

Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

Social media managers have no shortage of advice on how to do their jobs better. Everyone with an Instagram account and a pulse think they know how to run a brand social media account best. There are ...