>[!note] stopped reading @ `an illustrative simulation` > ## notes - [[{3.1} the algorithm is a giant system]] - [[{3.1a} algorithmic amplification, repression, exposure, and inequality]] ## highlights > which part of this complex system is “the algorithm”? … All system components ultimately are involved in displaying content to users in one way or another. The content the user is shown (or not shown) all ultimately impacts what they choose to follow. The follow network then serves as an input to the main content ranking models, thereby creating an indirect effect of every system component on what appears in the main feed. Because of the inter-connected way in which all of the system components can ultimately impact what content is served to a user, “the algorithm” is, in fact, the entire system.