Tom WalkerDec 5, 2022

I'm very bored of "don't be scared of algorithms, 1 + 1 is an algorithm" and similar. Some people really cling to this for some reason.

The now-dominant use of 'algorithm' means "selection of posts on a social media network using an engagement-tracking process". If you insist that it always means something else then all you will do is misunderstand 99% of sentences that now include the word.

Show threadKHAYRI R.R. WOULFEDec 5, 2022
@tomw The dominant use of "algorithm" nowadays refer to some obscure, arcane, somewhat magical use of mathematics and programming to *manipulate* the masses. At least that's how the media (ab)use the term algorithm. But the term algorithm almost never occurs in parlance among developers during backend, frontend or fullstack development. I think people are actually referring to UX/UI manipulation when they use that term. Algorithm seems to be the 21st century version of "black magic".
Show threadMeryl Krieger
@krrw @tomw This is interesting. I'd like to hear more about how developers think about algorithms?
Dec 6, 2022 at 2:16amWeb