Third Learning Journal
This Weeks readings focused on how applications use and track data and information and how business capitalize on that information. For starters, we need to understand that the services we use and enjoy on social media are not actually free. Corporations use targeted adds to market their products to individuals who's search histories align with their userbase. This is why the algorithms of different social media platforms seem to recommend similar products, and coincidently recommend other users who buy similar products to follow. To give an example of just how powerful this recommendation algorithm is, When me and my wife first started dating, our Instagram feeds looked very different. The type of content was very particular to ourselves. however as we continued to date, and share videos and reels with each other, our feeds began to become more closely similar. Now it is not uncommon for us to receive multiple of the same recommended...
