The human brain is wired to respond to high-arousal emotions like outrage, fear, and sexual curiosity. Outrage-baiting and hyper-sexualized thumbnails or titles are deliberately deployed to bypass rational thinking and force an immediate click. Algorithmic Feed Engineering
: These include interactive programs, computer simulations, and educational games where the user changes variables to see different outcomes Scribd .
Encouraging binge-watching behavior of past catalogue items.
