“Oh wow! This is the most interesting power pole i think i have ever seen. WAIT!.. This other power pole is much more interesting!”

Cool. And how does the font get drawn? Magic? Telekinesis? How does it know where to position the text? Or what text to make a hyperlink?

An algorythm is simply a repeatable set of instructions to achive an outcome. They can be as simple or complex as you want them to be. Facebook uses an algorythm to decided what it is going to serve, this dosent mean its the only algorythm on the site though.

A website without algorithms is like food without chemicals. It cant exist.