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06-25-2017, 01:44 PM
Instagram is actively ruining my life with its inhumane algorithm
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As a rule, social networks are terrible at understanding their human users — ** matter the ooey-gooey platitudes about bringing us "closer together (http://mashable.com/2017/06/22/facebook-group-updates-communities-summit/)" their executives piece together.*
Never has this been more clear than over the past few days, when Instagram's algorithm continually shoved well-meaning but emotionally rui**us "happy Father's Day!" garbage down my throat.
SEE ALSO: In praise of Justin Bieber's eccentric Instagrams (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/justin-bieber-weird-instagrams/)
Quick background: A brain tumor put my dad six feet under close to 11 years ago, when I was still a teenager. It was, I'd say, pretty traumatic: he spent close to two years incredibly sick, confused, and weak.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/24/instagram-algorithm-ruining-my-life-fathers-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Instagram (http://mashable.com/category/instagram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Algorithms (http://mashable.com/category/algorithms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-689OVrtSeA
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As a rule, social networks are terrible at understanding their human users — ** matter the ooey-gooey platitudes about bringing us "closer together (http://mashable.com/2017/06/22/facebook-group-updates-communities-summit/)" their executives piece together.*
Never has this been more clear than over the past few days, when Instagram's algorithm continually shoved well-meaning but emotionally rui**us "happy Father's Day!" garbage down my throat.
SEE ALSO: In praise of Justin Bieber's eccentric Instagrams (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/justin-bieber-weird-instagrams/)
Quick background: A brain tumor put my dad six feet under close to 11 years ago, when I was still a teenager. It was, I'd say, pretty traumatic: he spent close to two years incredibly sick, confused, and weak.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/24/instagram-algorithm-ruining-my-life-fathers-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Instagram (http://mashable.com/category/instagram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Algorithms (http://mashable.com/category/algorithms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-689OVrtSeA