“algorithmic Sabotage” -

: A militancy that rejects "algorithmic solutionism"—the belief that technology can solve all social problems—and instead uses technology to dismantle its own power structures.

Here is what actually happened: Sell algorithms saw the price drop and sold more. Buy algorithms saw the chaos and withdrew. But crucially, (illegal sabotage) placed massive orders they never intended to execute, tricking other algorithms into thinking demand was high, then canceled them. “algorithmic sabotage”

We saw this with Facebook’s News Feed algorithm. For years, engagement was king. Saboteurs (political operatives, troll farms) learned that anger generated the most clicks. So they poisoned the feed with rage-bait. The algorithm, thinking "anger = relevance," amplified it. The saboteurs weren't hacking code; they were hacking the reward function. But crucially, (illegal sabotage) placed massive orders they

The platform collapsed into madness not because of a conspiracy, but because the algorithm had no immune system. It could not tell the difference between authentic discourse and engineered sabotage. The saboteurs weren't hacking code

: A theory that users can act as "glitch-producing agents," using tactical distortions (like shitposting or aesthetic irony) to overwhelm extractive surveillance logic. Common Methods and Tactics