The Queue: The Algorithm
One of the easiest, most straightforward ways to stay informed with my kids’ schools is social media, and many of my friends and relatives are teachers for a bunch different concentrations and grade levels. Now, the algorithm thinks that I’m just broadly interested in education posts. I’m seeing the team of teachers for first grade in Biloxi, Mississippi, and the flier for lacrosse tryouts in Wheeling, West Virginia, and the school lunch graphic for this week out of Missoula, Montana. Meanwhile, I’m not seeing posts from my kids’ schools or my friends back-to-school wishlists. This is fine.
This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we’ll give you some answers just as soon as we scroll far enough to see the wishlist my cousin said she posted for her art class. It might be a while.



