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253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?

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The Ferguson Story Was Unspooling

Zen Up 2 Fekji is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was trying to keep up on Twitter and Facebook when she saw Ferguson take over her feed. The social media site's algorithm liked things that people click like, such as the ice bucket challenge. "Ferguson basically took over Facebook," says Zen Up 2 fekji.

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