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Instagram explore is actually pretty good at becoming personalized based on usage. Here's mine.

Maybe it works that way, because users prefer to follow pretty people.

the question is having an algorithm do that (suppresing ugly and therefore unpopular users/photo) is different than having a moderator do it?

yes because it's a choice.

No, it does not. View Cats on Instagram and you will see Cats on Instagram.