Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default.
  • 0oWow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    I don’t use Instagram, but I also don’t want any politics in my cereal, so that would be fine here.

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Instagram isn’t for politics. It’s for wanting to see your friends but instead getting low-quality content irrelevant to your interests no matter how hard you try to train the “algorithm.”

    • Otter@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Personally I wouldn’t be affected by this since it only affects recommendations, but the issue is that Meta gets to decide what is “political”.

      Nearly everything has a political component to it, and this can be an excuse for hiding content that the company doesn’t want as many people to see. Activism for example is “political”.

      Having the option to set the flag would be nice for those who want a filtered feed. I’m just suspicious I guess ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

  • BurningnnTree@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    I think this is a great thing. Algorithm-driven political content recommendations are a major reason why the US is so divided right now. If we reduce the amount of political content people see online (for everyone on the political spectrum) then I think that’s a great way to combat division. The upcoming election shitshow won’t be as bad if people aren’t constantly seeing content online designed to enrage them.

  • drawerair@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    8 months ago

    When I think of Instagram, I think of selfies, food pics, landscapes, pet pics and other pretty pics.

    Political feuds online can be nasty right? There are long toxic conversations. Folks spend much time arguing on the platform. Meta likes that long session. But it seems Meta is promoting positivity? Seems Meta wants a long positive session.

    • MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      8 months ago

      Have you peeked your head into IG recently? I spend a lot of time there, some of the content and specially the comments sections are just absolutely unhinged. More than any other platform I’ve been on too, it’s a relatively new thing it started happening about 2 years ago. It’s actually a good time, reminds me of the internet circa 2008.