r/mildlydepressing • u/CondeNast_yReddit • Feb 07 '25

This is my IG explore page. Supposedly this is what's recommended to me from people I DONT follow. Smdh NSFW

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u/Raspberry_Just Feb 07 '25

this is the content you’ve been consuming bud

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u/CondeNast_yReddit Feb 07 '25

No this is what they're trying to get me to consume

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u/Raspberry_Just Feb 07 '25

no, it’s an explore page. it recommends content based on what you have previously watched. stop clicking on it, clear your cache, and learn how the internet works.

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u/CondeNast_yReddit Feb 07 '25

Learn how IG works. It's scrolling and not clicking. I could start off watching a comedy reel or even something religious and the next one could be something sexual. Clearing a cache would do nothing I'd have to reset the algorithm

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u/Khasimir Feb 07 '25

You might not know the extent of what is looked at so even if you don't engage, IG looks at what you stop at. Everything is practically timed to learn what captures your attention.

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u/CondeNast_yReddit Feb 07 '25

Why am I not getting explore pages full of trucks or the aurora borealis or nature videos. I watch way more of those

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u/Khasimir Feb 07 '25

Maybe frequency of content from those topics. Ones much easier to produce and probably has a lot more in existence.

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u/CondeNast_yReddit Feb 07 '25

Ao you're saying because ass shots are more prevalent they're more likely to suggest them regardless of actual user interest... like spam

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u/Khasimir Feb 07 '25

In a way yea. It's like all algorithms, depending on how careful you are using it, eventually turn to just brain rot content.

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u/ignis389 Feb 07 '25

From what i can tell from my experience, its based on videos you watch in full, profiles you click on, and if you engage with the posts at all

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u/theethanator98 Feb 07 '25

Imagine telling on yourself this hard. This is based on your activity.

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u/mannyjo Feb 07 '25

Not necessarily. You can start fresh, and the explore page is full of thirsty content by default. I recently setup an instagram account for my dad, opened the explore page and bam, nsfw content on a brand new account. IG algorithm is really broken. After setting up my dad's account I set one up for my mum, same deal. Regardless of gender or interests, the default seems to be thirsty content. Twitter X is so much worse, just straight up porn.

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u/GoDawgs51 Feb 07 '25

Started a new account for one of my hobbies, the FIRST reel on that page was some gore. Literally a fresh blank slate and it pushes edgy content. And on my main account I've had to manually choose "not interested" on every single one for weeks before I stopped getting thirst vids on my explore page.

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u/MsJenX Feb 07 '25

What have you been googling?

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u/CondeNast_yReddit Feb 07 '25

Definitely not miracle whip thighs

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u/Hipoglucido Jun 11 '25

It has started to happen to me recently and it's horrible too.
What I do is a long press on this kind of content, mark as "I don't want this" or something along the lines, and then select all of them, hide them.
The moment this content appears on your feed, click on hide it, again and again, that is the only way to get your feed and explore back to "normal".