My Instagram feed has gotten more left since Trump took office again, but I have also started following more political and activist accounts. I noticed as I was leaving Facebook the less I interacted with things the more insane posts the algorithm would show me. It could be if Meta doesn’t know what you want to see it just shows you the worst hoping you engage somehow.


I’m guessing they could just say you must be over 16 to join/ use the instance. lemmy.zip did something similar to skirt the UK’s new porn laws.