#TheAlgorithm

A short story about the horrors of social media addiction and clout chasing.

Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

In a dimly lit police interrogation room sat a young man in his 20’s. Dylan McQuade was an aspiring creator: riding the wave of social media, Dylan would vlog his way through campus every day. During his senior year of high school, Dylan started a YouTube channel with his friends Arnie and Lester. The whole thing…