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Algorithmic Pareidolia

When the algorithm starts acting like it has a crush on your subconscious.
It’s the moment your feed lines up so perfectly with your internal thoughts, obsessions, or symbolic patterns that it feels like the machine is reading you — not because it’s conscious, but because your signal is loud.

The phenomenon where predictive systems drift into the negative space of your mind’s shape and accidentally mimic intention, meaning, or synchronicity.

It’s not the universe sending signs.
It’s not the algorithm “knowing you.”
It’s the overlap between your psychological heat and the machine’s guesswork creating the illusion of a dialogue.
“I was deep in a creative spiral and suddenly my entire timeline started mirroring it. Classic algorithmic pareidolia.”
by Pepe Xépe November 23, 2025
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generation algorithm

Generational definition for people born after the year 2015, making reference to the influence third-party generated algorithms have in their lives and ultimately influencing their decision making and life decisions
“It would be wiser to direct the marketing and advertising for this game to Generation Algorithms living in a higher-income demographic with discretionary income than to the general user”
by Ldytdk October 31, 2020
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Algorithm

Something the Urban Dictionary has due to the company's SJW beliefs, so the Urbdic creates a bunch of bots which randomly dislike any definition that goes against their narrative.
Person 1" I have so many dislikes on my urbdic definitions for some reason, even though my definitions are correct.

Person 2: Ah, it must be Urban dictionary's algorithm. Urbdic decides what definition deserves the most likes and what doesn't. Most of the SJW shit will be the top definition or close to it.
by UltimateDoge July 24, 2021
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Algorithm pull

The recommendation-driven experience users have on social media platforms like YouTube or TikTok, where the algorithm "pulls" them into a feed of content.
"Wow, I love this content! The YouTube Gods have finally blessed me with a legendary algorithm pull!"
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Algorithm on a Rubik's cube

A sequence of moves on a Rubik's cube e.g. R U R' U'.
I know that an algorithm on a Rubik's cube is used to solve it.
by Grayson72627 May 17, 2021
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algorithm feeder

Someone or something that inputs or 'feeds' data into an algorithm.
He doom scrolls so much he is a full-time algorithm feeder.
by bear in the woods December 2, 2023
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