Re:The TikTok War
by giancarlostoro on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:30AM
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Btw IG discovery is mainly based on people you follow and things you like. For example I see more memes and tech stuff on IG than I ever do of yoga pants. If I see something I dont like I mark it as not interested.
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I know. I tried that so many times. I think I must have marked 'not interested' on thousands of posts at this point.
For some reason, IG thinks I'm a track athlete (among many other things). Even for stuff I am legitimately into (like mountain biking), my IG explore page mostly serves me up these random accounts called things like 'MTBdaze' or 'bike247' that just seem to repost random pics/memes as a way to grow the follower count.
Re:The TikTok War
by giancarlostoro on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:02PM
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Oh I see, yeah that doesn't help sadly, for me though the stuff it shows me does not correlate with the people I follow at all. The algorithm must be weird I guess?