Algorithms are making political speech more extreme

Today we have a guest post from Adam Aleksic aka Etymology Nerd. Adam is a Harvard linguistics graduate and content creator who has an amazing Substack about how the internet is reshaping language. His first book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language, is available for pre-order. by Etymology Nerd Whenever I post videos on TikTok or Instagram, I can’t trust the platforms to show you my content. Modern social media doesn’t allow for a direct link between creators and followers. Instead, the apps use algorithms to recommend curated content, which means that I have to modify my communicative style to fit their constraints. I talk faster, with less nuance. I hyperbolize and exaggerate my natural voice, because I know that’s what the algorithm wants. This is a nuisance for creators but a far more serious problem for politicians, who also have to reshape their messages around social media algorithms. The implications, needless to say, are concerning. Research is

Today we have a guest post from Adam Aleksic aka Etymology Nerd. Adam is a Harvard linguistics graduate and content creator who has an amazing Substack about how the internet is reshaping language. His first book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language, is available for pre-order. by Etymology Nerd Whenever I post videos on TikTok or Instagram, I can’t trust the platforms to show you my content. Modern social media doesn’t allow for a direct link between creators and followers. Instead, the apps use algorithms to recommend curated content, which means that I have to