The Manipulation of Algorithms Learning from Emotional Signals

6 mn readIn the last decade, social media algorithms have become some of the most powerful pattern-recognition systems ever built. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) rely heavily on behavioral signals—likes, shares, watch time, comments, and increasingly, emoji reactions—to personalize content feeds for billions of users. At the core of these systems […]