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by carlosdp 499 days ago
That's not algorithmic bias, that's a large delta in content quality.

Videos coming out of the Harris camps were milquetoast in comparison to the Trump camp. Of course those videos get more attention, from people that like him and hate him, and therefore get pushed more by the algorithm.

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>Of course those videos get more attention [...] and therefore get pushed more by the algorithm.

From the article:

"These differences were consistent across all three states and could not be explained by differences in engagement metrics like likes, views, shares, comments, or followers."