Archive: https://archive.today/01EDB From the post: >>Platforms don’t just track you. They build a version of you. A profile that decides what you see, what gets recommended, what ads follow you around. I wrote about this idea, algorithmic identity, a few weeks ago. That essay was the “why.” This is the “does it actually work. The question was simple: is the algorithmic profile platforms build about you set in stone, or is it malleable? Can a few days of deliberate browsing reshape what Google thinks you care about, what YouTube recommends, what content gets pushed at you? And if you stop browsing, does the profile freeze?