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50% Facts

What are algorithms and why do they rule our lives?

50% Facts

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, Tv & Film, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After a brief, unplanned break last week, we’re back to follow up on another of the words/phrases that people say all the time but not everyone understands. Nearly all the social media and streaming platforms we all encounter daily run on “recommendation algorithms that control what we see. We break down what we know about how they (probably) work, and how they can make or break creators on every platform. What the hell happened to fitness and lifting videos on YouTube in 2019 anyway. Check out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 15TH! Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Sam McDonald. Theme by Aaron Moore.

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0:00.0

I'm gonna cut a promo cut a promo ladies and gentlemen

0:03.4

I

0:04.4

Know it's been a little bit of while but we have our launch we're coming out with a brand new physical education launch by a good company third street barbell

0:11.9

Butch cool stuff couple tops couple bottoms some slides some socks and it is live this Sunday for you listeners only

0:19.6

So you guys get priority access

0:21.6

3sb.co check it out stag something while it's there because it might not be there very very long

0:27.6

I'm gonna appreciate you guys listening and hopefully that

0:32.2

There's something you can dig on something you like and follow third street barbell on Instagram if you want to see some of the

0:37.9

Previews and things to come appreciate you guys very much. I don't think we actually did an official episode on it

1:03.6

But it's the is it the social or did we do the social dilemma? What did we do?

1:08.4

No, we didn't do the social one, but we did but have you seen it fake famous? I saw a part of it

1:13.8

I made me sick so I didn't like it at all

1:17.5

Like just didn't enjoy it. It didn't make you sick because of the context or content

1:22.5

No, I just thought I hated the way it was produced. That's fine. I think it's a social dilemma

1:26.6

I'm talking about they talk about like algorithms. Yeah, and what surprised me when it came out six months ago

1:32.2

Or whatever the heck eight months ago is how many people in our industry on Twitter and Instagram and then even now like

1:38.2

Rogan and these folks talk about it like they're so surprised

1:42.8

That and and also they talk about it. I think the movie does a decent job because they talk some of the Facebook like

1:49.0

X programmers or X engineers that have left yeah

1:52.8

And those guys explain it pretty decent, but the people I don't know sometimes I feel I'm a fucking genius and sometimes I feel like I'm an idiot and everyone else is smart

2:00.7

You know like I sit back like wow, I must be an idiot because everyone sees this

2:04.6

But then I hear shit. I'm like no like you're fucking all of you are fucking wrong. It's 50 50 right?

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