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What the fuck is up with Instagram? (lemm.ee)

submitted 17 hours ago by moreeni@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Went to visit this godforsaken place and was terrified by the amount of racist/xenophobic/nazi/misogynistic/incel/far-right posts and comments.

Was it always like that? Am I too used to being on Lemmy (or Fediverse in general)? Is it just my feed or is it like this for everybody?

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[–] siv9939@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My Instagram feed has gotten more left since Trump took office again, but I have also started following more political and activist accounts. I noticed as I was leaving Facebook the less I interacted with things the more insane posts the algorithm would show me. It could be if Meta doesn't know what you want to see it just shows you the worst hoping you engage somehow.

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago

That's a good guess. I reported a few bigots and now my feed is mostly normal, which is much better.