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delectiyesterday at 9:12 PM1 replyview on HN

> Any choice of what content to display is an algorithm. Maybe they want a simple or easily explainable algorithm?

Phrases can have meanings beyond just a naive combination of the words in them. And indeed "algorithmic feed" in the bill means what what we all understand that term to mean when we aren't paralyzed by pedantry.

> Under the law, [...] these users will only be shown content they request or search for or that is posted by a creator or friend they follow.

You may disagree with the motivation behind the bill, but you do the discussion a disservice to assume the people writing it are incompetent enough to not define their terms.


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spullarayesterday at 9:18 PM

Algorithmic feeds are just search algorithms based on what the user is asking to see with their behavior.

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