I know nothing about algorithms.
I do know that if I were using one to attract further reading on any subject, I would want it to post the most popular/best read articles and also an attractive newer one (or two) on that subject.
This appears to me to be what is going on here.
Whether these things are still newsworthy is questionable. I, like most City fans, don't think they are but largely that is a moot point because their principal purpose is now to lure new readers rather than inform anybody.
All of this is frustrating and I get that it's the modern world but that doesn't mean it isn't tiresome shite too.
What's deeply concerning is that that prurient shit is what people want to read about when they think of the club.... at a time when the football has never been (and probably never will be) more sublime. Fans (myself included) are worn out from trying to defend this vicious cycle.
I feel like the club has abdicated its responsibility on this front. I wish it would explain its strategy (if there is one) or step up and bite back.