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Just like the spam filter, “algorithm” won’t be 100% effective.

Unlike spam, the content farm spreads organically.

They have that kind of algorithm, but most people want, or at least behave as though they want, outrage bait, and cute content farm affirmations. The moment you take a moment to be proactive and have ownership over your experience the algorithm happily shows you less crap and more people.

They optimise for engagement. I engage with content farms.