Comment by georgemcbay

> But if we did use it (which I have no intention of doing), it would start being more reasonable.

It would start being more "relevant" but not necessarily more reasonable.

I hadn't used Facebook regularly in many years but recently posted a story about the passing of my 18 year old cat. I did this as a way of informing friends and family I don't communicate with on a constant basis that I was going through a bad time (I was very fond of my cat).

My Facebook algorithm is now just almost entirely a solid wall of people I don't know announcing the death of their cat. A non-stop parade of personal tragedies.

I can see the connection of how one thing led to the other but it also highlights how clumsy and soulless these algorithmic systems are.