
4. Why Algorithms Profit off Royal Rivalries
Social media algorithms prioritize content that generates high emotional engagement. Outrage and fan tribalism are two of the strongest drivers of online interaction:
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Comment Section Wars: Framing a fashion choice as a “copycat” move prompts passionate comments from supporters of both women, signaling to recommendation algorithms that the post is generating intense interest.
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First-Comment Link Traps: To bypass social media platform penalties for outbound links in main text, page managers place ad-monetized links in the first comment, driving traffic to external ad networks.
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Endless Content Recycling: Photos from 2018, 2020, or recent years are routinely paired together out of chronological order to create the illusion of a newly unfolding controversy.