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Idk about AI having an Instagram problem, but I know Instagram has an AI problem. So many fake accounts with AI as actors and they send you chat messages tryin

Idk about AI having an Instagram problem, but I know Instagram has an AI problem. So many fake accounts with AI as actors and they send you chat messages trying to pretend to be real people. They even react to comments and can discern good from bad comments. At first it was interesting. Now it's just annoying. Then the Instagram algorithm, if you comment on coffee ads that you drink tea, you'll get tea ads. It will show you progressively naked women, cameltoes and similar softcore erotica. Sometimes even real porn. When you report that porn accounts your report will not even be reviewed and denied. But God beware you post the word tits. Instant harassment automoderation. All the women that follow you instantly message you saying hi, how are you, how old are you, what is your name, where are you from etc. I think they're infobots trying to build profiles and sell your data. Some play the old " I'm a hot girl but can't post my picture, please buy me an iTunes gift card ", like I was born yesterday. And how dumb their game is. They see you commenting on a picture you liked, take that picture, claim to be that person, only on a private account, and they picked you, their loyal fan. Many of them are cheap porn actresses or accounts of people having built profiles from the pictures those porn actresses post, only modified by AI. I am so tired of that platform. And then they serve you small 1 minute clips of stand up comedy, cats or dogs, or some stupid 1 person having a chat with themself. Let's not forget those "how do I say it at my workplace" "expert" vids. And lots of ads in between. Instagram is so disgusting.

notpachet 4y ago
> Instagram is so disgusting. Why are you still using it? (Not trying to troll you, I'm legitimately curious -- it really doesn't sound like it's offering you anything positive at this point)
- mey 4y ago
  As someone using Instagram but has a Todo list item to close my FB/Instagram/Meta account, the reason I still use it (and only Instagram) is to follow artists. A hyper curated list of individuals that post interesting things that I can check up on. It's what I lost when I shuttered my Twitter account. I use it as a glorified RSS feed rather than as a way to interact socially. But yeah, the bad outweighs the good, and other than spending the time to archive data, I do plan to shut it down.
- ChatGTP 4y ago
  Not parent, because of the contacts I have, I literally can’t get off it because of this. I’d delete my account instantly otherwise. Edit: I have a plan to stop adding people on there I want to keep in contact with. A phase out plan.
matwood 4y ago
IDK. Seems like usual social media that it’s all about who you follow.
- prophesi 4y ago
  Not the OP, but it seems like the actual usage of the platform caused the most trouble for them. From my own anecdotal experience of using modern day social media, it seems who you follow establishes the baseline of what garbage they send your way. But any sort of engagement, even down to which posts you hover over the longest, quickly influences your feed.
- matsemann 4y ago
  No, I follow athletes related to cycling, swimming, skiing etc. What content does Instagram promote me? Female models dressed in cycling clothes with their zippers down. Maybe because their algorithm says that it's the "most trending cycle-tagged content at the moment". But it's not related to the professional cyclists I'm following at all. Same goes for almost all content/tags: there will be some half-nude version of it that gets promoted.
  - jobigoud 4y ago
    I follow art-related stuff and nature photography, mainly digital illustration and I do NOT get any soft-erotica stuff. I only get what I'm interested in. I will say that I prefer going to the Explore tab rather than the Reels tab because this one starts by showing relevant stuff and then as I scroll down it turns into tik-tok skits.
- CapricornNoble 4y ago
  I almost never use instagram, mostly follow military-related fitness[1] and car stuff....and I still get an endless feed of curvaceous women thrust in my face. [1] https://www.instagram.com/sofletehq/ https://www.instagram.com/sofletehq/

notpachet 4y ago

> Instagram is so disgusting. Why are you still using it? (Not trying to troll you, I'm legitimately curious -- it really doesn't sound like it's offering you anything positive at this point)

mey 4y ago
As someone using Instagram but has a Todo list item to close my FB/Instagram/Meta account, the reason I still use it (and only Instagram) is to follow artists. A hyper curated list of individuals that post interesting things that I can check up on. It's what I lost when I shuttered my Twitter account. I use it as a glorified RSS feed rather than as a way to interact socially. But yeah, the bad outweighs the good, and other than spending the time to archive data, I do plan to shut it down.
ChatGTP 4y ago
Not parent, because of the contacts I have, I literally can’t get off it because of this. I’d delete my account instantly otherwise. Edit: I have a plan to stop adding people on there I want to keep in contact with. A phase out plan.

matwood 4y ago

IDK. Seems like usual social media that it’s all about who you follow.

prophesi 4y ago
Not the OP, but it seems like the actual usage of the platform caused the most trouble for them. From my own anecdotal experience of using modern day social media, it seems who you follow establishes the baseline of what garbage they send your way. But any sort of engagement, even down to which posts you hover over the longest, quickly influences your feed.
matsemann 4y ago
No, I follow athletes related to cycling, swimming, skiing etc. What content does Instagram promote me? Female models dressed in cycling clothes with their zippers down. Maybe because their algorithm says that it's the "most trending cycle-tagged content at the moment". But it's not related to the professional cyclists I'm following at all. Same goes for almost all content/tags: there will be some half-nude version of it that gets promoted.
- jobigoud 4y ago
  I follow art-related stuff and nature photography, mainly digital illustration and I do NOT get any soft-erotica stuff. I only get what I'm interested in. I will say that I prefer going to the Explore tab rather than the Reels tab because this one starts by showing relevant stuff and then as I scroll down it turns into tik-tok skits.
CapricornNoble 4y ago
I almost never use instagram, mostly follow military-related fitness[1] and car stuff....and I still get an endless feed of curvaceous women thrust in my face. [1] https://www.instagram.com/sofletehq/ https://www.instagram.com/sofletehq/