> quasi-pornographic Reels

All my reels are puppies and memes so...not sure what you're doing to your Instagram

I’ve heard this a lot on both sides, but have been on the sidelines until about 2 months ago.

I finally caved and got back onto Facebook after nearly 10 years off.

The first night I went in, added all of the people in my local BNI chapter and everyone I knew from my gym. My goal was to focus exclusively on local community building and staying in touch with people I’d probably see again soon.

I closed out of the app for the night, came back the next morning, and my timeline was 20% women in a jungle setting taking off their clothing. We counted, it was 1 in 5 posts.

Unless they already had a shadow profile for me, this seems to be some sort of default for my demographic (gender and age). I can’t imagine “small business and gym” would yield this outcome.

It has taken almost a month to eliminate actual soft pornography from my timeline by reporting it. But still my timeline is full of sexually suggestive and offensive material.

In fact, my timeline is only about 33% my local community. Everything else is a hodgepodge of random garbage content getting jammed into my feed. From DIY pro-tips that’ll get you killed to sexually suggestive memes.

I wish I could turn off recommended content.

It’s confirmed my reason for being reluctant to rejoin Meta for the last 10 years. I’ve almost caved and purchased the Oculus, but I’m back in the “nope, no Meta” camp. Facebook is a downright awful experience, both technically, socially, and mentally.

Yes, demographic.

And of course, the occasional -nobody-but-facebook-is-watching- i'll just take a peak.

its bs. I'm on because i have friends and family. and i have a few interest groups (native plants, rpg, ecology) I participate in.

> It has taken almost a month to eliminate actual soft pornography from my timeline by reporting it. But still my timeline is full of sexually suggestive and offensive material.

Are you reporting it? Why? Just because you don't want to see it doesn't mean that no one does.

What you should be doing is a) not engaging; b) marking it as "not interested".

Seems totally reasonable to me to report it. Usually there is an option to say "this is offensive to me", which is an appropriate reason to report something when someone is literally showing pornography in my face without my consent...

Report options like “This is offensive to me” are almost certainly to capture people reporting stuff erroneously and at best is being turned into a “Dislike” suggestion.

Reporting often lets you also block the account you are reporting so sometimes it's more convenient to report and block. (I mean in general, not on facebook sites specifically)

I get cats, dogs, and memes, but I can't escape occasional terrible 4chan posts, people dying in car crashes, and, yeah, quasi-pornographic reels.

I assume their algorithm for me points my interest in technology and memes to 4chan reposts; my interest in the gym and weightlifting to nearly naked women; and I have no clue why it wants me to watch people die.

This is all speculation from me trying to follow the data points I assume they know about me. But I don't want to see those posts -- I always use the not interested button, don't interact, and my other traffic on Instagram really shouldn't point me this way.

All this said, I don't use Instagram as much anymore, and have been entertaining deleting my account. I haven't yet because I advertise and communicate on Instagram quite a bit.

>Blog people. Blog.

Because you, me, and Mr McGee read blogs. Meanwhile a billion other people thumb through bite size 'info-oids' at levels of ADHD never before seen and don't put up enough objection to the half nude crap to make a difference.

is this meant to be an argument against blogs? why would you even want the latter audience

Well, because if you're an adtech company you'd want to make money.

> quasi-pornographic Reels

Meh you're just telling on yourself, here. Mark them as not-interested. My feed is all scale models and noodle recipes.

I hear this defense a lot, but isn't it kind of problematic that a platform makes you go out of your way to tell them you prefer not to see soft-core porn? I didn't even know TikTok had a "Not Interested" button until someone told me in person. It's completely hidden.

I've personally seen this come up on a lot of different social media apps that feature video content. They all initially throw a bunch of vaguely pornographic content at you to start with and continue doing so unless you keep opting out for long enough. I kinda wonder how many users never make it past the initial onslaught and just assume the entire platform is like that.

Almost like these platforms incentivize porn addiction because it keeps people swiping