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Re:Instagram prioritizes photos of scantily-clad men and women by n_kb on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:30AM (#23525149)
We didn't have enough data to test these hypotheses. If more people contribute their data, we'll be able to test that: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/instagram-algorithm/
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Re:Instagram prioritizes photos of scantily-clad men and women by manigandham on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:33AM (#23525161)
That's a major missing hypothesis that seriously undermines your conclusion.

Why do you need me to share data at all? Just create brand new accounts and test what they see in a more controlled manner. Then you'll be able to test what's recommended from the same accounts over time while building any specific profiles yourself.

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Re:Instagram prioritizes photos of scantily-clad men and women by disgruntledphd2 on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:55AM (#23525285)
That's against FB's and IG's terms of service, so as an investigative outlet, they can't really do that and then promote the results.
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