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We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

Facebook and Instagram are terrible but this is probably flawed. Facebook tracks time spent looking at individual posts which influences the recommendations. Guessing the authors spent more time looking at the shittier content they were shown, even if it was just to stop and take screenshots for their article.