We Struggle With Algorithms
From the moment we wake up in the morning and turn on the phone until goodnight, it’s a constant battle
Contemporary life is a constant struggle with algorithms. Every day we fight with portals, social networks, and their alleged guidelines. Unless you’re a digital hermit. But if you are, what are you doing on Medium? However, from the moment we wake up in the morning and turn on the phone until goodnight, we have to deal with software and its rules.
Do you want to post on Facebook? Ok, remember that only videos or at least a photo work. Do you want to post on Instagram? Yes, but you have to put the big face in the foreground; it is even better if you are a girl with curves on display. Do you want to chirp on Twitter? Okay, even if your words will be little drops in an ocean of uninterrupted sentences.
Then there is the paradoxical world of Medium. Do you want to write? But you have to choose a certain type of title, a subtitle with certain characteristics, and a captivating photo. Then it is good to respect a series of indications regarding pagination, paragraphs, bolds, links, etc.
Do you want to experiment with short-form texts? Very well, write the first sentence in bold, insert a link, change the characters, stay under 150 and then again, please, put on the most beautiful image there is, paying attention to its rights of use, rightly so. All this happens to satisfy the algorithm and hope that it values a poor link.
What a pain. I dream of a free universe from this virtual obstacle course. I dream of opening my eyes on the pillow with the sunlight and receiving all the best from technology, without any kind of blackmail to be subjected to.
