NPR's Fresh Air program on social media algorithms and their impact on culture.
Remember that on CoSo, there is no algorithm to do that work for you. You see what you choose to see. Do not feel bad about being selective about follows nor of using mutes and filters for things you're less interested in. Otherwise, this place won't be scalable as more people join. (Those of us here when Twitter was melting down remember times the firehose was whirring by too fast to read.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224955473/social-media-algorithm-filterworld