Intro (optional read):

So let me start by saying I am not some no fapper / semen retention type person, BUT I did notice that the Recommended/Explore sections that the Instagram algorithm aggregated for me were extremely distracting, and ultimately, harmful

I don’t know how I ended up at this point, but all of a sudden my recommend reels (the ones you see on the home page when you scroll) and the reels on the Explore page were FILLED with big asses and OF promotion type content

This lead me to getting distracted every time I scrolled Instagram, more so than normal, because sometimes, getting distracted by those things led me to other distractions

I found out the best way to get rid of stuff I didn’t want to see constantly recommended to me and decided to share it here. I’m sure this is common knowledge, but some may not know

Here are the steps to manually cater your Instagram algorithm to less distracting/harmful content:

1. Go to the Explore page, tap and hold a bunch of posts containing the topic you don’t want to see anymore, and tap “Not Interested”. While you’re doing this, be sure to tap on reels containing topics that you wouldn’t mind seeing on your feed and watch a few seconds of them

2. Refresh the Explore page and do it again

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you start to see less and less of the topics you don’t want to see (shouldn’t take that long)

4. Go to your home page, when you get to the recommend reel section, tap (not hold) on the reels containing the topics you don’t want to see anymore and then click the “…” icon on the bottom right, tap “Not Interested” and then on the pop up that comes up after that, tap “This topic does not interest me”. While you’re doing this, be sure to tap on reels containing topics that you wouldn’t mind seeing on your feed and watch a few seconds of them

5. Repeat step 4 by refreshing home screen and scrolling until you see the recommended reel section again

I did this for about 30 mins today, and now both my recommended Reels and Explore page are filled with things that are far less distracting and far less harmful to my mental health

Hope this helps someone out there

Ig in 2022 brehs

won’t catch me using tiktok. facebook/ig data collection is like a water bottle compared to tiktoks which is like an ocean

bro speaking like an old wise shaman

I only have twitter

Why would I want to get rid of my carefully curated explore page filled with big titty goth girls, red heads with tattoos and inspirational Kobe quotes?

I'm interested in buying your algorithm.

to clear your mind, big titty goth girls will only distract you from your goals

jk if they don’t distract you to the point where it becomes a problem then just let it rock lol

you’re so cool bro

that explains a lot

I'll be in touch

Nice bro. Glad you found something that worked for you.

For me the algorithm and all that just turned me off of Instagram, and it’s starting to turn me off of twitter and Reddit too

Or just don’t have one?

so like, what do you see on ig now? @op

Thank you, I needed this

good thread though @op i personally love IG, it’s my social media of choice

if you hit the algorithm properly you’ll start seeing s*** that actually aligns with your interests, it almost becomes like a personal newspaper of sorts, pretty cool tbh

you’ll find different niche communities on IG that comment under these things too, and they can provide a lot of insight, interesting discussions, commentary on whatever the post is etc.

allows me to pick up on a lot of esoterica, spiritual s***, new music, philosophies blah blah

being able to make a brand new ig starting with someone elses curated algorithm could be kinda neat actually

I hate that the Tik Tok algorithm got me trapped into baddies doing random s*** on camera because they look hot doing it.

I just wanna watch funny s***

Shut up b****

this doesn't tell me how to force my fit pics to the top of every hoes timeline