Direct publishing on social platforms does not remove mediation because each platform's recommendation system works differently. The video describes an experiment in which repeated sharing within a social circle changes what connected users are shown and can eventually prompt them to sample naval-history videos. Modern media power can therefore combine automated recommendation with the older persuasive weight of friends and family. This example helps explain how influence campaigns can exploit distribution systems before changing an audience's settled beliefs.
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Algorithms turn social ties into amplification
A social-media example shows how recommendation systems combine repeated sharing with signals from friends and family to put unfamiliar material before an audience.