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Meta admits Instagram error flooded Reels with violent and pornographic content (www.techspot.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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This is still ongoing for some users if their sub is anything to go by.

404 write up: https://www.404media.co/instagram-error-turned-reels-into-neverending-scroll-of-murder-gore-and-violence/

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe just maybe, people are ok with gore/porn when they're expecting it, but don't like seeing it when they're not?

I don't use meta garbage and have been on the Internet long enough that I regularly saw gore videos as a teen because I hung out on 4chins all the time. I'm not averse to gore, but I still don't want to randomly see that shit in my feeds.

Also, well adjusted people generally don't feel good when they randomly see gore and shit....

[โ€“] IsThisAnAI 0 points 3 days ago

It was a bug. That shit randomly pops up on most federated instances as a feature here.