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#TheAlgorithm II: Post Mortem
Be careful what you post, for it may be your last
It’s an early fall morning in Middletown, CT. The biggest foodie event in all of New England, The Big E, should be commencing in 48 hours. In recent years, there has been a massive controversy surrounding the Big E: The infamous Elephant rides. Within the past five years, animal rights activists from around the nation have shown up in protest. Most of these protests would remain peaceful until about a year ago when the protests would escalate. The event had to temporarily shut down for a day last year due to the protesting evolving into a full-on riot: Stands were trashed, police were deployed in riot gear, and chaos ensued, leaving 8 people dead and 34 injured.
A writer for the local paper with 1.4 million Twitter followers, Arthur Blake is a regular press attendee at this event. Graduating undergrad and just starting grad school, Arthur has always attended the Big E ever since he was 6 years old. As a kid, Arthur always partook in the elephant rides. Riding the elephants became a family tradition, in a way. He always looked forward to riding the elephants despite it being potentially detrimental to his future in journalism.
At about 2 am, in Massachusetts, where the fair is being held, a massive cargo plane lands at a sizable distance from the fairgrounds…
