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Explainer · Media literacy
What your feed learns about you
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What your feed learns about you
A feed learns from every swipe and shows more of the same; unpredictable hits keep you swiping. Searching for something new and taking breaks give you the choice back.
We store questions without any link to you; selected ones appear anonymously as frequent questions.
What your feed learns about you
Media literacy · Feed algorithms
An explainer film in four chapters on recommendation feeds: what an app learns while you are just watching, who decides what comes next, how the bubble gets tighter, and why stopping is so hard. Pause anywhere and ask.
How a film works on heyprof
Every film here listens. Pause it, ask it questions and let it continue with your own examples.
- PauseTap pause or press the space bar. The film waits right at that moment.
- AskTap “Ask” and type what you want to know. The answer comes inside the film, with picture and voice.
- Steer itTell it what to show, for example “Do this with z = 2 − 3i”. The film sets up the app and works it out.
- Try it yourselfWhile it is paused, drag points and sliders yourself. “Continue” takes you back into the film.
Without an account: five questions per visit. With an account you can also ask by voice.
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