Algorithm Facts
Class Discussion
Artificial Intelligence
Social Media
April Fools
100
A series of rules and rankings that determine what content you see, when you see it, and how it is displayed to you.
Algorithm
100
This post got more reach.
The puppy post!
100
AI is the short form way of saying ...
Artificial Intelligence
100
This social media platform is the most popular, as of March 31.
100
This student is an editor for the Southern and barista for Morning Grind.
Anna Bialkowski
200
Users can only see content that they already agree with, leading to polarization and limiting independent thought with this algorithm method.
Filter bubbles
200
The angry face in the class activity was worth this many points.
-5
200
Click-rates increase using personalized AI recommendations by this many percent.
20-30%
200
These are the top three most popular social media platforms.
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok
200
What type of advertising campaign often uses April Fool's Day as a marketing opportunity?
What is a viral marketing campaign?
300
True or False: Algorithms prioritize content based on relevancy rather than publish time, showing users what content they are likely to engage with.
True
300
We discussed how to regain control of your algorithms with these three apps.
TikTik, Instagram and Snapchat
300
This type of learning involves training a model on labeled data.
What is supervised learning?
300
This celebrity, known for her makeup empire, was one of the first to gain massive popularity on Instagram, amassing over 200 million followers as of 2021.
Who is Kylie Jenner?
300
What's the recommended amount of detonated wam I should have to a server?
400
User engagement increases by this many percent using AI algorithms.
35%
400
True or False: every algorithm is the same for each user.
False!
User reactions and interaction influence how their algorithm operates. No two users will have the same algorithm, as each one is tailored to the individual.
400
This student is actively involved in FSCTV, the Southern and is a part of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Who is Kaelyn Benoit?
400
This microblogging platform, launched in 2006, is known for its 280-character limit per post and the use of hashtags.
Twitter (X)
400
This is the name of the detonated wam kid.
Superkai64
500
What animal is featured in one of our example videos as a metaphor for social media usage?
500
What movie features an algorithm creation that sparks a popular social media app?
The Social Network
500
True or False: Google's AI far excelled that of Alexa and Siri
True
500
This number of photos is uploaded to Instagram each day/
What is 95 million?
500
The YouTube algorithm is likely to promote this video to users within the Gen-Z and Millennial age bracket.