Even if they didn’t do it on purpose I suspect the algorithm just calculated that right-wing was gonna get more attention by nature. I recently saw a video by an analyst (I don’t remember who, so grain of salt, but) and basically right wing generally tends to get reactions by the right and rage or debunking reactions from the center/right-left, while left wing generally tends to mostly get engagement from the left/far-left. Which means a net higher engagement from right-wing content, and since the algorithm bumps higher engagement content, it’s more likely to create a feedback loop without the company having to stack the deck at all.
Even if they didn’t do it on purpose I suspect the algorithm just calculated that right-wing was gonna get more attention by nature. I recently saw a video by an analyst (I don’t remember who, so grain of salt, but) and basically right wing generally tends to get reactions by the right and rage or debunking reactions from the center/right-left, while left wing generally tends to mostly get engagement from the left/far-left. Which means a net higher engagement from right-wing content, and since the algorithm bumps higher engagement content, it’s more likely to create a feedback loop without the company having to stack the deck at all.