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Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default (arstechnica.com)
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[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I see nothing wrong in this.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me neither. Recommendation engines already were a closed box that were being gamed to influence people's opinions. This just removes one attack vector from it, and, as I understand it, it's optional as well. It would be even better if there'd be more genres to block imho.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me neither. Even though I don't use Instagram / Threads I know it's literally their thing, quite often communicated by management in interviews etc.