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Only tangentailly related, but, there is an option in Instagram to reset your algorithm. I highly recommend this if you find yourself doom-scrolling.

Not sure if it's also in FB on account of me not having an account there.

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Yeah it doesn't work long term because you go back to being addicted in no time. At least that's how it was when I tried to do it by creating new accounts

My solution is to use curbox and repost content on bluesky

After resetting my algorithm the content I’m served now is even more clickbaity and trying to forcibly hold my attention

Using instagram in a browser (e.g. firefox as it allows for extension on phone) and then installing an extension like control for instagram or hide reels works great, even better to set the https://www.instagram.com/?variant=following as your main page to enter (or is that only available in europe?). Allows to use instagram as old school social media instead of a scrolling app

Thank you so much for sharing that URL! Works in US of A.

I highly recommend not using Instagram. Also ketamine I hear is bad for people brain. Stay safe.

What happen when wanna-be-free-market interests have some lucrative addictive crap to sell, hmm? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

Where, exactly? I browsed through the account settings and didn't see anything obviously relevant. (Could be that whatever option you're talking about is available only to mobile users, whereas I only ever visit Instagram on a desktop.)

Not sure about desktop, but on mobile it is under Settings and activity -> (What you see) Content preferences -> Reset suggested content.

Yeah, there don't seem to be any settings by those names in the web version. Or maybe their presence depends not on whether you're using the web vs. mobile client, but rather where you're connecting from geographically. That is, maybe Meta exposes these settings only when necessary to comply with laws or court orders in certain jurisdictions.

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