• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    I’d love to know why an algorithm shows me this stuff as I don’t look any of it up. It’s quite traumatic to see. It’s the reason I don’t use these social media apps anymore. They’re all suggested posts and it’s an assault.

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
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      24 minutes ago
      • Algorithm shows a preview of a chaotic scene where the content isn’t easily identified.
      • You open / interact / linger on it to figure out what is happening before identifying it as something you don’t want to look at.
      • Algorithm detects increased interaction and happily serves up more.

      I play a little game with Instagram sometimes. I click on one (1) thirst trap bikini girl post in the search reel. Then I see how many times I have to press the little 3 dot menu and pick “not interested” on allllll the other thirst trap bikini girl posts that immediately appear.

      I generally have to press “not interested” about 15 times before my feed reverts to only having bikini girl thirst traps once every 20 or so posts.

    • GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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      2 hours ago

      Generally it shows us content that makes us mad. Sadly, and opposite to what we thibk, humans are more likely to engage with content thst pisses us off. Maybe it took things too far with yours. Possibly you commented on how fucked up one post was so it showed you more. Dunno.