Curation also helps filter and reduce cognitive overload: in an age of infinite content supply, selecting a smaller subset lets you see patterns, make connections, and spot unexpected alignments. Social media academics describe modern feeds as curatorial assemblages, where users’ likes, saves, and reposts operate as signals that gradually sculpt a personal worldview (Gerlitz & Helmond) SAGE Journals . That sense-making is partly what turns disparate images or texts into a visual or conceptual “map” of what matters to you.