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He Built The Recommendation Algorithm. He Optimised For One Metric. He Did Not Measure What People Watched. He Works In Public Health Now.

In 2016, Marcus Chen built a recommendation algorithm that prioritized session duration over content quality. By 2019, a study linked his algorithm to increased eating disorder content consumption among teenage girls. He resigned in response and now works in public health.

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