Bad Instagram
This is why I will stop using Instagram. The feed is actually really good and I enjoy the content on there. It shows me pages that I follow, and other similar content. But the search area keeps showing me pictures of women. I think it all started when I was looking for the personalities from my workout program, to follow celebrities essentially. So then it showed me pictures of women working out, which morphed into just sexualized material.
I have tried to all the features I can find to block or say I’m not interested. Such as searching for all other types of content or saying "Not interested in this content" and "This post makes me feel uncomfortable". But these continue to show up on my search.
You can't really avoid the search area, because that is how you search for people or places you want to follow. I had a fear that I would want to search for something while around other people, and they'd see my Search Page and start wondering about me.
You can accuse me of being a Puritan, but it's just that this material is not welcome, and it affects my mind in a negative way. I also do not want my teens to access Instagram or Facebook for these reasons, until these apps start behaving. My kids should opt-in to material on the Internet, rather than been fed ideas and information.
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