Instagram Ruined My Life
thank you for ruining my life i’m literally An algorithm designed to maintain your attention by learning from your behavior and mirroring back that which, consciously or not, captivates you and the social worlds through which you move. I am literally one of the most fascinating tools for collective and personal shadow work ever created—that is, only if you can learn to recognize that you aren’t disturbed by social media, you’re disturbed by your own reflection
A woman sarcastically thanks Instagram for ruining her life while the Instagram logo responds with a long explanation of how its algorithm mirrors users’ behavior and captures their attention. The punchline is that social media is framed as a psychological mirror, suggesting that the user is disturbed by their own reflection rather than by the platform itself. This is shared as an ironic reaction to Instagram addiction and algorithmic content.
- @profunctor_io / 8433 2022-11-11
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- image
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- 800×772 · 101.7 KiB
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- sarcastic, introspective
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- en
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