Instagram is develish...
I have installed the Instagram app on my phone yesterday the first time in years. New phone, no search history
I just started scrolling, without searching for something special.
First there were some general things about different topics: Politics, cars, games, memes, challenges, robot stuff, crazy ai videos
After 10 or 20 minutes the algorithm -for some reason- started showing single women
then single women with big beautiful eyes, then eyes that look sad & tearing up...
I continued scrolling and it was like the application could read my mind. After further 5 or 10 minutes it started showing me some well known cry videos, then some (AI-generated) east European & Asiatic women shedding unrealistic amount of tears! (very very similar to some recent videoposts in the tlc cry share group)
This really creeped me out since I used a complete new phone and I just scrolled and didn't search for anything!
My activity on discord also should't be linked to my phone. I always for 100% log in with PC and use VPN, without using my home connection also it's like I visit the group one time a week for a few minutes, with no further activity.
Is this just the algorithm? Did someone else make similar experience? Or is this something else?
Last edited by Thunderstorm_01 (February 17, 2026 1:30 pm)