Yes, it gives you what you respond to, it steers towards engagement. So it provides content which has a strong emotional response because the strong emotions drive us to engage. Anger and resentment are very strong driving powers here. I don't doubt that what you're saying about how the things you engage with, and how you steer the algorithm or the algorith steers you. But that doesn't disprove the fact that algorithms are generally making our debates more angry, it would just suggest that you are less vulnerable to this.
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