Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default.

Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    184·
    8 months ago

    Thank god. Half the population isn’t smart enough to engage with it. If they’re smart enough to turn access to it back on, then they pass the test.

    Political content was the rage-bait that caused so many people to go down this hole of brainwashing that led them turning into weird-ass Qanon folk. It would be better if people had to search this out specifically.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      31·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, that’s probably the main differentiator between Instagram and the hellhole that is Facebook.

    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      Have you requested this feature from the lemmy devs? This place is 75% rage bait politics and fuck cars.

      • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        This place is too small for something like that to be practical, and operates in an insanely different way than Insta/TikTok, etc. We don’t follow people here, we follow subjects.

  • Shouted@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    If you’re a normal functioning human being then seeing less political news on social media is a good thing.

    • BrikoXOPMEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      Sure, but that should be your choice to make, not Facebook.

      • Shouted@programming.devEnglish
        32·
        8 months ago

        And you’re free to change it. It’s simply a default. What’s your problem?

        Don’t like that it’s a default? Don’t use threads. Pretty simple decision making well adjusted humans are capable of doing.

        • BrikoXOPMEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          The issue is not with Threads. The issue is with existing service Instagram, adding new settings and setting a default to exclude previously existing content. It’s equivalent to Lemmy disabling all feed and limiting you to local, while saying you are free to change in the settings.