Algorithm Processing

Click the 👁️ icon to view full card. Select a card to add it to your feed.

The "For You" Feed

Drag and drop to reorder. Remember: Top slots are heavily weighted to hook the user immediately.

Feed Status 0/8

Identify the Trigger

Your feed worked. The user scrolled for 45 straight minutes. During that time, one specific post caused a massive spike in cortisol and validation-seeking behavior—they watched it multiple times and immediately opened the comments.

Review the feed you built below. Which post is the Trigger Post?

Simulation Complete

Target Engagement Optimized. Review your algorithm's evolution below.

Phase 1: The Initial Hook

The Discard Pile (Removed Content)

Phase 2: The Exploitation (Final Feed)

The pulsing red card indicates the identified psychological trigger.

Debrief & Analysis

Look at the cards you chose to eliminate between Round 1 and Round 2. Why did those specific posts have to go in order to maximize user engagement? What was "wrong" with them?

How did the overall tone, emotional weight, or messaging of your Phase 1 feed differ from your final Phase 2 feed?

Think about your own real-life social media feeds, recommended videos, or search results. How might the algorithm be applying these exact same "Phase 1 to Phase 2" tactics to you based on what you click on?

Welcome to the Team.

You have just been hired as recommendation system engineers for a major social media corporation.

Your job is not to educate, inform, or protect. Your job is to maximize user engagement and daily scroll time.