{"id":1423,"date":"2021-05-10T06:27:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/algorithmic-assumptions-are-everywhere-but-it-turns-out-instagram-couldnt-know-me-any-worse-zoe-wiliams\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T06:27:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:27:48","slug":"algorithmic-assumptions-are-everywhere-but-it-turns-out-instagram-couldnt-know-me-any-worse-zoe-wiliams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/algorithmic-assumptions-are-everywhere-but-it-turns-out-instagram-couldnt-know-me-any-worse-zoe-wiliams\/","title":{"rendered":"Algorithmic assumptions are everywhere but it turns out Instagram couldn\u2019t know me any worse | Zoe Wiliams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its algorithm suggests I am most interested in jewellery, luxury goods, electronic music, love and emotions. Nothing could be further from the truth<\/p>\n

You are worried about what social media giants know about you, because of course you are. Data is gold; algorithms, also gold. If you\u2019re not paying for the product, you are the product. One day soon, all this will be robots. The connection between those last three statements isn\u2019t logical: they just all sit in the same bag marked \u201cthe future\u201d. So when I discovered the pocket of Instagram where you can find out what it thinks you\u2019re interested in (on the app, you\u2019ll find it under Settings> Security> Access data > Ads), I obviously felt it my duty as a netizen to see what dark insights it had into my private soul.<\/p>\n

Here goes: jewellery; luxury goods; electronic music; love; emotions; fashion design; crafts. I mean: no offence, Kraftwerk (and loved ones) but I could not name eight things I am less interested in. Maybe oxbow lakes.<\/p>\n

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\nIts algorithm suggests I am most interested in jewellery, luxury goods, electronic music, love and emotions. Nothing could be further from the truth
\nYou are worried about what social media giants know about you, because of course you are. Data is gold; algorithms, also gold. If you\u2019re not paying for the product, you are the product. One day soon, all this will be robots. The connection between those last three statements isn\u2019t logical: they just all sit in the same bag marked \u201cthe future\u201d. So when I discovered the pocket of Instagram where you can find out what it thinks you\u2019re interested in (on the app, you\u2019ll find it under Settings> Security> Access data > Ads), I obviously felt it my duty as a netizen to see what dark insights it had into my private soul.
\nHere goes: jewellery; luxury goods; electronic music; love; emotions; fashion design; crafts. I mean: no offence, Kraftwerk (and loved ones) but I could not name eight things I am less interested in. Maybe oxbow lakes. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its algorithm suggests I am most interested in jewellery, luxury goods, electronic music, love and emotions. Nothing could be further from the truth You are worried about what social media giants know about you, because of course you are. Data is gold; algorithms, also gold. If you\u2019re not paying for the product, you are the …<\/p>\n

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