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Algorithmic Curation

 

Algorithmic Curation

[ PROCESS . USED WITH OBJECT ]
[ al-gə-ˈriTH-mik kyoo-ˈrā-shən ]
The automated governance of cultural visibility; the systematic prioritization of content based on predictive modeling rather than human editorial intent.
Ex. Algorithmic curation has flattened the digital landscape, trading the messy vitality of human experience for a sanitized, profitable simulation of interest.
1890–95; variant of algorism, by association with Greek arithmós number.