Instagram 'Error' Turned Reels Into Neverending Scroll of Murder, Gore, and Violence
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“Today’s algorithm showed me around 70 murders, 100+ accidents, and around 115 violence videos, is anyone on Instagram noticing it?”

If Lemmy/Pixelfed/Masto can’t capitalize on this we fucked up.

EDIT: realized it might be email/paywalled. In short, the IG algorithm started showing a huge number of gruesome murder videos to random users for seemingly no reason.

    • PlantJam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      23 hours ago

      Any time a video is known by its title instead of a description, it’s better not to seek it out.

    • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      20 hours ago

      It’s described in the article, got to it from one of the other links on lemmy. It’s the older tower of terror smaller carnival rides. The ones that are like 20-40 seats around a central pole and the seats alternate between going up and down the pole at as rapid a pace as that much weight can be cheaply moved.

      The video in question is about someone falling off of it.

    • icedcoffee@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      14·
      23 hours ago

      For anyone not familiar (assuming you’re being serious here) the tower of terror is a ride based on a movie where you’re essentially in a simulated free-falling elevator. No seatbelts or safety inside the box but my understanding is that they are held to the same safety standards as other roller coasters. I legitimately can’t tell if this is about the ride or a real free falling elevator.