When it comes to the allegorithmic newsfeeds I always assume it’s some metrics person saying “This one got people to stay an average of 3.4 seconds longer and v

When it comes to the allegorithmic newsfeeds I always assume it’s some metrics person saying “This one got people to stay an average of 3.4 seconds longer and view 0.8 more ads! Great work.” But maybe with all of these “smart” solutions to problems I’m attributing to malice what can be explained by incompetence and the people building them don’t even realize they’re terrible. Or maybe they do realize it’s bad but they all say “Yeah it sucks now, but once we figure out how to make it work it’s gonna be great.”