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> I think a lot of people over-estimate what algorithmic curation is worth to them

They don't. They are addicted to it. Imagine a world where you scroll in Instagram and you reach the end. What are you going to do?

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Not too long ago IG removed the notice that would appear that "you're all caught up" when you had scrolled down to the end of the posts of those you follow; now it just continues to show you "algorithmically suggested posts" so you can't even tell

How long ago do you mean? I tested right now and still got the "You're all caught up, the rest of the posts you see will be suggested" notice. Could it be in A/B testing...?

I noticed it about 3 months ago. I never see it anymore. But yeah could be testing with a subset of users.

"Addicted" is negative value. Back when Facebook was not a never-ending feed, people would reach the end and go do something productive instead of spending all night on it.

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