Book 7 of 11
Why Does the App Know What I Like?
Meet the Algorithm
ages 7–10
What the Detectives Crack
- 1Everybody gets their own home feed. Nobody sees the same thing.
- 6The best video doesn’t win. The stickiest one does.
- 10The app only guesses. You do the feeding — with clicks and minutes. You’re the boss.
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- 1Everybody gets their own home feed. Nobody sees the same thing.
- 2Detectives don’t guess. We test.
- 3The sorter in the app doesn’t know me. Only what I click and watch.
- 4An algorithm is a recipe for computers. It counts — it doesn’t understand.
- 5The app doesn’t read minds. It compares you with millions of others.
- 6The best video doesn’t win. The stickiest one does.
- 7The app is free. I don’t pay with money. I pay with time.
- 8The Surprise Click: we click something totally different in our feed — on purpose.
- 9The feed is a mirror: it mostly shows what you held up to it last.
- 10The app only guesses. You do the feeding — with clicks and minutes. You’re the boss.
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