You can’t promote some posts algorithmically without demoting other posts (until they figure out how to bend spacetime). Putting some stuff at the top pushes other stuff down.

People don’t spend the whole day scrolling, and Facebook knows this. They know exactly how far down each and every person scrolls.

This means they know exactly how much other content they need to “promote” to totally and effectively censor content they don’t wish people to see.

Algorithmic “timelines” (which aren’t timelines at all) are nothing more than censorship: a remote organization deciding what you’re allowed to read.