On "Preferred Sources & AI Mode Are Creating Filter Bubbles – A New Discovery Problem"

Google's preference stack is doing exactly what it's designed to do: lock in winners and raise the barrier for everyone else. That's not a discovery problem, that's a feature working as intended—and it should worry smaller publishers because the path from zero to visible just got steeper. If you're not already trusted by Google or your audience, algorithmic favoritism means you're competing for scraps in the long tail while established sites get the algorithmic fast lane. The real question isn't whether this creates filter bubbles; it's whether there's any meaningful way to break in anymore.