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Youre absolutely right. I would like to add in the "reddit" model. Why things make it to the front page is kind of the same comment. Two people could post the same thing at the same time. One goes viral and to the front page where millions will see it, one might get 10 views. One comment on a post, when funny, right in the before that post takes off, can get 30k likes. Its all timing and being the one that gets initially off the ground. Ive always wondered though, how easy would it be for reddit to pick the winners and losers? Bot accounts and fake upvotes, even just a little bit in the beginning, could put it on "trending" and get it to the front page and the "algorithm" could put it in everyone's feed. Are you seeing what naturally won or what they wanted you to see? Did facebook naturally win or was it what they wanted to win?....
Reddit is gamed like that. Even before LLMs there were highly active users that caught bans for using multiple accounts to boost all their posts.
Facebook didn't catch on in a similar way, because people didn't have personal feeds yet. The way startups are funded now seems to follow your model though. Decisions on high about what people should see/want.
And apparently thr fundees really like blue eyes...