Let’s Try A Little Harder

Ah, Algorithms. Where would we be without them? Look how effectively Medium uses them to give us what we want.

Here’s a great example. On the right of my news feed, what follows has appeared for three days. And it is repeated three times in a row on the page. Repeated exactly. Three times.

Feminism 2.0

On intersectionality and the future of feminism.

Go to the profile of Sam Riedel

What Trans Women Have Is Far More Complicated Than ‘Male Privilege’
Sam Riedel

Go to the profile of Holly Wood

How Men Failed the Women’s Strike Before it Even Started
Holly Wood

Go to the profile of Emma Lindsay

This Whole “Are Trans Women Real Women?” Thing is Gross
Emma Lindsay

This is repeated three times in line. Oh, I said that.

I don’t follow feminism. I don’t want to read articles about feminism. I avoid writing about feminism.

And yet, This is what I get. Perhaps this is part of some political re-education process I haven’t been told about. Perhaps it is random. Perhaps it is part of some SJW conspiracy. I don’t know.

But it would be nice to see something that actually reflects my interests instead of this.

Before you begin attacking me for writing this, please keep in mind that I would be writing it if the subject was lacrosse rather than feminism.

My point is that something isn’t working. I paid my five bucks. I expect better.