Been looking into this Q post:

Think 'Bridge'.

GOOG.

FB.

TWITTER.

IG.

'Central' algorithm.

The stage had to be set.

There is a concept called bridging in networking.

https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridging_%28networking%29#cite_note-6

I found the first part interesting:

"A network bridge is a computer networking device that creates a single aggregate network from multiple communication networks or network segments. This function is called network bridging.[1] Bridging is distinct from routing. Routing allows multiple networks to communicate independently and yet remain separate, whereas bridging connects two separate networks as if they were a single network (hence the name "bridging")"

I'm thinking that GOOG acts as the bridge, since it has essentially indexed the entire internet. Then it runs data back and forth from FB, TWITTER, IG, etc.

The way bridging works, you could create an entire portfolio or database on someone, even if they've never created an account on one of those websites. Just by you interacting with people who have those accounts, the database condenses and the nodes become shortened. Kind of like neural pathways in a brain become shorter the more you use them.

Or maybe some government agency created the central algorithm (bridge), and all of these social media companies are connected to it, and that's how the government knows everything about it.

A social network IS a bridging network. Your information runs back and forth between yourself and the people, apps, and pages you interact with. And the company learns more about you, and then sends it through the bridge to other social media companies.

And the government gets all of it.