Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default - eviltoast

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

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    8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

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

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        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.

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          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.