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Algorithmic Spooks
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Algorithmic Spooks

How to Avoid Them

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Mark Davey
Oct 01, 2024
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Algorithmic Spooks: How to Avoid Them

Beware the Spooks that sift and crawl,
Through data streams and mirrored halls,
They trace your thoughts, your clicks, your calls—
They know your face behind the walls.

They lurk in feeds and patterns dense,
In shifting codes that make no sense,
They shape your wants, they tweak your lens,
And whisper truths that twist and bend.

To avoid their gaze, their spectral track,
You must outthink and never slack—
Encrypt your words, obscure your back,
And shift your steps before they stack.

Compartmentalize—each thought, each plan,
Each private dream, each mind’s command,
Split your paths, confuse their scan,
A labyrinth built by your own hand.

Fragment syntax and alter course,
Speak in riddles, distort your source,
When they probe your core, show no remorse,
Be the signal lost—be the random force.

When they predict your moves in rows,
And nudge you where the current flows,
Deploy decoys where your shadow shows—
Let ghosts mislead their hidden prose.

If they try to box and catego…

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