Social Media’s Recommended Content is a Trap

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram are product-peddlers who want to be your new best friend

Christ Driving the Money-lenders Out of the Temple, by Francesco Boneri, c. 1610. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.

Getting rid of social media’s recommended content is similar to blocking telemarketers from your phone or cutting junk from your mailbox. It means cleansing your proverbial temple from the presence of merchants and snake oil…