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AIBU to get drawn into odd algorithm rabbit holes on social media?

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Bilger · 01/04/2026 22:20

I do a bit of scrolling on social media and, of course, the algorithm dishes up what it thinks you want to see. So one curious click leads to an avalanche of the same stuff, which then leads to the rabbit holes of watching loads of these videos.

For a while, I just loved pool cleaning videos. Then it served up giant crocodile videos aplenty. Now it seems to think I’m well into South American AI generated videos of goblin / elf like creatures “caught on camera”.

For a video brief moment it thought I enjoyed videos of the late Pope in heaven with ex popes / Jesus / God / Freddie Mercury.

AIBU or does anyone else go down these rabbit holes thanks to the algorithm?

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Lidlbitofmonica · 01/04/2026 22:22

Yes! Gym content was chosen by me, but the algorithm started showing me carnivore diet which I made the mistake of clicking on a couple. Before long I was regularly being shown the Carnivoes for Christ group, lots of Americans posting their steak, eggs, bible and guns all in the one photo!

JeepersItsTheKraken · 01/04/2026 22:24

Lidlbitofmonica · 01/04/2026 22:22

Yes! Gym content was chosen by me, but the algorithm started showing me carnivore diet which I made the mistake of clicking on a couple. Before long I was regularly being shown the Carnivoes for Christ group, lots of Americans posting their steak, eggs, bible and guns all in the one photo!

Oh my gosh I came here to post the same thing! I watched one video by a Right wing commentator and YouTube suggested I might like carnivore diet, off grid living and alpha male content!

Luxlumos · 01/04/2026 22:24

It invariably gets too weird for me on the third iteration and I have to reset my algorithm either cute cats and ducklings before I can roam safely again.

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