• irmoz@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, the narrowing of the word “algorithm” to only mean “social media recommendation algorithms” is getting on my nerves.

    • snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      I’ve always thought it was so funny when people say tHe aLgOrItHM like it’s a bad word or something. I know they mean social media & marketing, but it’s funny to think that they’re very concerned about something like bubble sort.