Not exactly sure how to articulate this.

My instagram shorts feed feels completely Sci-Fi level manipulative and conditioning.

And I realize that in some ways, I have programmed it.

So it makes me wonder how others are programming and getting programmed by these super manipulative video feeds.

Short of walking up to strangers and asking, “hey, can I compare your feed to mine?” What can someone do to get a more Birds Eye view of what this cancerous infection instagram is doing to society?

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 months ago

    Short of walking up to strangers and asking, “hey, can I compare your feed to mine?"

    You can create your own alternative accounts…

    • wowwoweowza@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      So… wouldn’t I have to have an extra phone or device?

      I’m pretty certain that even if I were to delete insta on my phone and reinstall it, there’s going to be traces of my previous use? My identity?

      • pixelmeow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Not who you’re replying to, but definitely. I manage several Instagram accounts that aren’t my personal accounts and the algorithm feeds me things I’d expect in my personal while I’m in one of the others. One of them I’m only logged into so it’s not as much, but the other is attached to me more because I created it, I guess, and even though I’ve curated a much different following list, and do entirely different things on that account, it still shows me more personal things.