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incorrect.
It only becomes an algorithm when it's using some "data" to help automatically determine a sort procedure, or decide what you see or don't see. Until then, it's just a filter.
For example; sorting by date...not an algorithm. tracking your views to automatically determine what you would likely want to see at the top of your list...algorithm.
Algorithm:
a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
Algorithm is a very generic word. Trying to gatekeep with those criteria makes no sense as everyone would have a different definition for algorithm.