I honestly can't see the comparison the author is drawing to trypophobia. Seriously, am I missing something? Or does this writer just not really understand trypophobia?
"Trypophobia is a proposed phobia (intense, irrational fear, or anxiety) of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps." (wikipedia)
An awfully sesquipedalian way of saying what could be said much more succinctly. Social media is an echo chamber that surrounds us with information that confirms our biases.
What a horrible moan fest of an article.<p>The trypophobia comparison is nonsense and the author is obviously just trying (and failing) to include a memey word in the hopes of minor virality.<p>And it’s always fun to hear ‘reveal the algorithm’ as though it’s KFC’s blend of spices.<p>Also complaining about the societal impact of bad content, then complaining that good content is sometimes inaccurately caught in a filter is just insane. The filters are either too strict or too soft, they can’t be both at the same time (human reviewers follow rules just like algos).