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Algorithms try to channel us into repeating our lives

anon43623700 June 30, 2017, 11:35pm 6

I really REALLY wish that facebook would stop pushing me ads for Therapists. Gee, thanks for the diagnosis facebook algorithm, my posts HAVE been gloomy lately. Now just please FUCK OFF.

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