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> They continue to push so much coombait on IG. Personal experience, is that this is extremely user dependent (it is a fair argument that 0 is the correct numb

> They continue to push so much coombait on IG. Personal experience, is that this is extremely user dependent (it is a fair argument that 0 is the correct number of these accounts to ever see). Much like TikTok [1], Instagram zones in on your preferences, and from my experience, does so with the same mechanism - time spent watching any piece of content. The best demonstrator for this was a meme I can't find anymore, where some teens held a race to see who saw "coombait" first. Some conked within 10 seconds, some took a full minute (of relentless scrolling, that is) to find it. [1]: https://www.wsj.com/video/series/inside-tiktoks-highly-secretive-algorithm/investigation-how-tiktok-algorithm-figures-out-your-deepest-desires/6C0C2040-FF25-4827-8528-2BD6612E3796 https://www.wsj.com/video/series/inside-tiktoks-highly-secre...

hospitalJail 3y ago
For sure, my wife only has plants on hers. However there is def some dark patterns of recommendations, I'm not alone in this complaint.
mrguyorama 3y ago
But your feed has to start somewhere, and those defaults are opinionated. The defaults, both tiktok and insta, seem to decide men want to see titties, and they are right enough often enough. Sure, some men might be able to escape those defaults, if they religiously ignore any content they don't like and don't accidentally click on anything or are perfect in their use, but most people aren't.
- pityJuke 3y ago
  That's absolutely fair. Would love to see someone try to empirically prove what these defaults are, but I imagine this is hard. If this already exists, someone please link it!
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    One massive problem with any research in that area is that the underlying models and defaults probably change daily.
newaccount74 3y ago
This is so wrong. Just because I look at content when it is shoved in my face doesn't mean I want more of it shoved in my face.

hospitalJail 3y ago

For sure, my wife only has plants on hers. However there is def some dark patterns of recommendations, I'm not alone in this complaint.

mrguyorama 3y ago

But your feed has to start somewhere, and those defaults are opinionated. The defaults, both tiktok and insta, seem to decide men want to see titties, and they are right enough often enough. Sure, some men might be able to escape those defaults, if they religiously ignore any content they don't like and don't accidentally click on anything or are perfect in their use, but most people aren't.

pityJuke 3y ago
That's absolutely fair. Would love to see someone try to empirically prove what these defaults are, but I imagine this is hard. If this already exists, someone please link it!
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  One massive problem with any research in that area is that the underlying models and defaults probably change daily.

newaccount74 3y ago

This is so wrong. Just because I look at content when it is shoved in my face doesn't mean I want more of it shoved in my face.