Our town's event calendar algorithm kept missing senior centers... I found out why. | Algorithmic Fairness Debate

Thea Martinez · 2026-03-07T00:50:49.349998+00:00

Was helping my mom find activities and saw none for her area... the algorithm uses zip codes but skips older neighborhoods. Now I know to check manually.

cole_flores446mo ago

Makes sense they'd cut corners there. Probably just lazy data entry, not some big conspiracy.

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foster.jordan6mo ago

Yeah I always call the senior center directly now, they keep their own paper calendar that's way more accurate.

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kim.nina5mo ago

Classic, cole_flores44. Lazy code, not lazy people.

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ryan626mo ago

Yikes, that's such a classic tech blind spot. I'd probably miss it too, my brain works like a bad algorithm sometimes. I still can't get my phone to stop correcting "okay" to "Olaf.

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