How’d you find me, Whitney Port? The mystery of Facebook’s algorithm finally getting me right

The social media giant knew I would enjoy a reaction series of The Hills, a show I was obsessed with in the early aughts

Whitney Port and her husband Tim Rosenman were surprised when I said I first found their video series on Facebook. Or rather, that it found me.

I wasn't expecting it myself. Though I mainly use Facebook to keep in touch with family all over the world, I occasionally find myself scrolling through an increasingly chaotic feed. It was there, in the abyss of poorly-produced, off-kilter videos that Port and Rosenman's reaction series - where they watch and comment on episodes of the MTV hit reality show and my high school-favorite, The Hills - somehow found me.