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The Gizmodo Guide to Stopping Algorithms From Ruining Your Life


To be free, learn to embrace RSS feeds.

“I’m starting to see evidence that an increasing number of folks actually prefer to let a computer program decide what they will see when they log on, even when they know they have an alternative,” Technology Connections said in their video. To do this, I pull up an RSS reader, like Feedly, and sort through a list of the latest material from all the websites I find interesting in chronological order. I was awash in AI-generated answers to a question I hadn’t asked, landing pages for outlets I work at, and tangentially related news material.

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