1. From Intent to Influence: How AI Alters User Agency in Social Media Flows

Core thesis:

As AI increasingly predicts, suggests, and auto-completes user actions (posts, replies, follows), social media flows shift from user-initiated to AI-mediated.

Questions to explore:

• Where in the user flow does intent stop and AI influence begin?
• How do “suggested replies,” “auto captions,” and “recommended follows” change user behavior?
• Are users still authors, or editors of AI output?