After my feed showed me three different friends' engagement posts in one hour, I realized the algorithm was just feeding on my own recent breakup search history.

That whole Tuesday felt like a targeted emotional attack, so I finally went into my settings and cleared my watch history on three platforms, which actually helped reset my suggestions for a solid week.

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wilson.joseph3d ago

You really think the algorithm cares that much about your feelings? It's just showing you what gets clicks.

max_torres443d ago

My buddy got his feed flooded with sad stuff after his dog passed, @wilson.joseph. It felt way too personal to just be about clicks.

sean_cooper583d agoMost Upvoted

Man that's rough. I just muted all the sad words for a week and my feed went back to normal. It's creepy how fast it picks up on that stuff.