Why Your Dick of an Uncle is Actually an Edgelord (and ruined Thanksgiving)

Algorithmic feeds reward borderline extremity and bury the middle. Meet the edgelords and the corridor they exploit.

👋🏼 In celebration of Thanksgiving, a quick reminder why you don’t speak to your dick of an uncle any day but yesterday: he’s an engagement algorithm in a cardigan, optimised for lowest-common-denominator outrage. Because (your dick of an) uncle isn’t debating but field-testing edgelord moves (quote, wink, deny) while passing the cranberry sauce and as…