In the article, Writing for Algorithmic Audiences, John Gallagher writes, “social media companies use algorithms to structure what users see in their newsfeeds. Algorithms frequently order and circulate web-writing, such as what stories are “trending” on various social media platforms. Alternatively, the online retail giant Amazon uses an algorithm to determine what products to show…
As most other people have mentioned in their blog posts, I frequently encounter algorithms in the context of social media, Google search results, and online shopping. I never really thought about algorithms and how they affect my online experience until I discussed them in a class, in the context of the 2016 presidential election and…
Much like my fellow classmates I only experienced algorithmic audiences through social media. When I hear the word algorithmic I think of algorithm which then leads me to thinking about how terrible the current youtube algorithm is. Right now the youtube algorithm is dubbed as the “adpocalypse”. I found out by reading this post that…
Overall, I think my view of algorithms as audience has been negative in the past. I definitely agree with Ashleigh that it can be frustrating to change your writing to appeal to the algorithms that will ultimately help your real audience find your work, and I think it can be frustrating to be the one…
Much like Jade, the only experience that I know I’ve had with algorithms is through social media, specifically Instagram and the way it organizes it’s timeline. As Jade mentioned in her article, it’s not necessarily the greatest. Even though these algorithms can have negative views in the eyes of the audience, they are very helpful…
My sister has a food blog and an Instagram related to it that I thought of as I read this article. I don’t use Instagram regularly, or check any blogs other than hers—neither do my parents, who were, when they first looked at the Instagram she set up for them to follow her and like all…
Questions: How do new content creators and writers focus on how their target audiences perceive them without putting too much energy into the possible sorting and distribution of their content. Would focusing on algorithms take away from the effective or purpose of the content? As a writer or content creator, is thinking about algorithms similar…
I don’t think I’ve ever explicitly thought of web writing as something different from other types of writing, but rather I feel like I’ve always silently accepted and not questioned the vast differences between the two. As a creative writer, I often loathe the ease the internet brings to the field of publishing. It becomes…
Questions: John R. Gallagher argues that students because are gearing their projects toward their teachers, that teachers need to be showing their students how to address other audiences. Gallagher gives us an example of this through how he taught his own class with blogs. In what ways did his teaching methods work to teach the…
Before reading Writing for Algorithmic Audiences, I knew very little about algorithms. My knowledge was pretty much limited to the fact that they’re some sort of code that determines what items show up in the “you might like these” bar at the bottom of my screen when I am online shopping. I found it interesting that algorithms…