Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey just dropped a truth bomb, stating that social media algorithms aren’t actually serving you—they’re straight up controlling and “programming you”. This footage of Dorsey, taken from a speech he gave at the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024, has recently resurfaced, and it truly is something else to hear the former head of one of the world’s biggest social media platforms admit exactly how the system works.
It’s a candid look behind the curtain of platforms like the one now called X, and frankly, it confirms what many of us have suspected all along. The whole thing boils down to the old adage: if you’re using a free service, you’re the product. Dorsey broke down the mechanics of this during the conference, explaining that every little thing you do on the platform is essentially free labor for the company.
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