How To Block Clickbait Posts On Your Instagram Feed

You Can Save Yourself From 'Clickbait Posts' All Over Instagram's Search And Explore Page

Although some people claim that it's just our fault, I believe that algorithms are to blame too.

Dhruvil Patel
Dhruvil Patel Aug 27, 2018
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Have you ever been annoyed when your Instagram explore page was full of pictures of cosmetics and jewelry instead of nature and cute images of dogs, which you love to see? Recently, many of my friends and I have been suddenly exhausted and irritated after finding all of those makeup clickbait videos or anything is viral across the web all over Instagram's explore section or things that we weren't looking for. There's not that much we can to do understand the ever-boisterous explore. However, we have a couple of alternatives.

Clickbait is working since it pleases to your brain and excites your natural desire for curiosity. To be brief, the explore tab is a personalized page of suggested posts from people you follow, similar posts, and more likely to like based on based on an artificial intelligence based algorithm and on a heap of complex variables. However, it isn't always precise. Although some people claim that it's just our fault, I believe that algorithms are to blame too. At the point when the explore tab algorithm gets things right, the outcome is a magnificent combination of all your varied interests embodied onscreen. I'll explain how the algorithm works, how to avoid the spread of viral content if it's annoying to you, and a suggestion to Instagram to improvise its current algorithm for the future.

How does Instagram's algorithm really work?

According to Instagram, the Instagram explore tab algorithm works as follows: "Posts are selected automatically based on things like the people you follow or the posts you like. If you see a post in Search & Explore, it doesn't mean that everyone else is seeing it. For example, we may show you photos and videos that people you follow have liked or are liked by a large number of people." In other words, what you see on your explore tab does have a direct connection with what you like and whom you follow and search more often.

Besides getting into all the technicality, let me tell you in plain English. Three primary factors determine what you see in your search and explore tab and Instagram feed:

1. Your conveyed feed depends on the probability you'll be interested with the content and rank higher on your feed. IG uses Image recognition algorithms to identify the genres of content.

2. Your conveyed feed depends on opportuneness of the post. Instagram shows you posts that are most recent and, thusly, trending. Hence, it implies that recent posts are more likely to rank higher in your feed which is unfortunate for you if you hate makeup clickbait posts for instance.

3. Regardless of how many people you follow, you should see your best friend's (whom you follow and interact with the most) most recent posts. It infers content from your "BFF" likely positions higher on your feed. The IG algorithm analyses your past connections/relationship to determine your #BFF, which is a keen move.

As promised by Instagram: "We're always working to update the types of photos and videos you see in Search & Explore to better tailor it to you." The app relies on artificial intelligence to organize the new recommended content. Approximately, it's currently broken into 13-18 topics: For You, Music, Dance, Auto, Sports, Beauty, Comics, Science & Tech, Food, Humor, TV & Movies, Style, DIY, Travel, Nature, Art, Fitness, Animals, etc. You can discover these recommendation boxes all the way to the top of the explore page.

How to avoid the spread of viral (yet low-quality) content

1. You can ask algorithm for re-adjustments: not technically but hypothetically :) If you see a post you don't like in search and explore, you can choose to see fewer posts like it.

Tap on the post

Tap ... (iOS) or ⁝ (Android) in the upper right-hand corner

Select "See Fewer Posts Like This"

It won't change your feed immediately, feedback over time will help your explore tab evolve. You can try this option a couple of times but not more than that because it doesn't work all the time as it should be because in order to do this step you have to open the post and Instagram might counts as your interest, so it's an infinite loop.

2. However, following hashtags can help you to curate your feed. You probably haven't realized that you can directly follow hashtags. In this way, in case you're huge into #fashion, #greentea, and #bakingfood, utilize the inquiry bar on the highest point of Explore to discover and following hashtags related to your favorite topics can "rearrange" feed to provide you what you exactly want to see. Also, users also can stamp your hashtagged content as something they would prefer not to see! By clicking (⋯), they will be able to choose a "Don't Show For This Hashtag" choice to check content not intriguing or applicable.

3. Last but not least, if your issue remains the same for an extended period, you can always report to Instagram for help. Their response time is expeditious, and they take every report seriously.

A proposal to enhance current search and explore algorithm

Sometimes algorithms become annoying, measurably uproarious. Most AI-based Algorithms can't hit the nail on the head invariably since it's always learning, and for the present, the system running behind the scenes on IG doesn't appear to be taking care of the full range of people's interests. I'm assured that this will change and improve soon. In my opinion, the Instagram should add an option called "Shuffle" or "Refresh" to fix any error occurred by algorithm while making a prediction. Besides, IG's algorithm should ensure that it doesn't show more than 2-3 posts of the same content on the page. It can recommend user to check out specific hashtags if an Algorithm thinks that the user will be interested. Last but not least, Instagram can have a list of topics in a pop-up page where a user can choose what he/she would like to see in the future and make predictions on it instead of doing it old way.

Instagram is my the favorite social media app, and I like most of their features. As a curious rising software developer, I often think that they could have been designed algorithms little differently so it can benefit more as Instagram spokesperson always says: "better tailor it to users." All in all, make use of hashtags. See you next week!

Dhruvil Patel
Dhruvil Patel Aug 27, 2018
At Rutgers University

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100 Instagram Captions You'll Want To Use Right Now

Quotes, lyrics, sayings, and other ideas for Instagram captions!
Sara Anne Schmidt
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When it comes to Instagram we are often thinking about what to use as a caption for our photos that we take that we really want to post on Instagram. Sometimes we post the photo without a caption and sometimes we just use an emoji because we're stumped on finding a good caption to use for the photo. So we go the short route and just put an emoji as a caption for our photo. Well whether it is a selfie, a friend pic, group pic, or just need a caption for the photo, here are 100 captions to use for a photo. Some are lyrics, some are quotes, and some are just a quick caption to use on your photo. Also here are some accounts that are worth following:

-@brandonwoelfel

-@tess_and_sarah

-@brandymelvilleusa

-@goldenretrievers_

-@cats_of_instagram

-@zodiac.signs

-@thegrilledpineapple

-@jazzjennings_

-@chipper_thegolddog

-@llauratheleo

-@heyshalice

-@sailorhaley

-@sandcloudteam

-@photosabss

-@sharkbaitblond

Here are Quotes To Use As A Caption/ Lyrics To Use As A Caption/ Quick Little Sayings To Use As A Caption: for your Instagram photo that you wish to post!

1. Life goes on, with or without you.

2. Don't Worry Be Happy! Bob Marley

3. Be Happy.

4. Be Confident.

5. Be Positive.

6. Don't be a liar, everyone hates a liar.

7. Chillin' with my peeps.

8. Go big or go home.

9. What's the deal?

10. The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it's all that matters.

11. Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

12. Life is a gift.

13. You couldn't handle me even if I came with instructions.

14. Forgive, yes. Forget, never.

15.There's a hole in my heart where you used to be.

16. I don't need any part-time people in my life.

17. Get the gist.

18. Boy, it's the 21st Century, get with the program.

19. Hey, I just met you, this is crazy!

20. I woke up like this.

21. Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

22. Beauty is power, a smile is its sword.

23. Last day of class!

24. I donut care!

25. Got my donut and coffee today.

26. Happy as a clam

27. Beach days are the best!

28. A friend will always make you smile, especially when you don't want to…

29. Always classy, never trashy, and a little bit sassy.

30. If only we could turn back time...

31. With you, I forget all my problems. With you, time stands still.

32. Life's a climb, but the view is great.

33. "Ohana, means family, family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." — "Lilo & Stitch"

34. We come to love by not finding the perfect person, but by learning to see the imperfect person perfectly.

35. If I ever write a story about my life, don't be surprised if your name appears a billion times.

36. She's got that red lip, classic thing going on.

37. I don't know what's tighter, our jeans or our friendship!

38. Best friends make good times better and hard times easier!

39. Not sure what I did to deserve you as my best friend :)

40. I don't need your approval to be me.

41. So call me? Maybe?

42. "I am who.I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't." — Buck Owens

43. Take me as I am, or watch me as I go.

44. "Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars." — Ed Sheeran

45. Cause you're a sky full of stars — Coldplay

46 . I keep dancing on my own — Calum Scott

47. Can't keep my hands to myself — Selena Gomez

48. I just want to look good for you — Selena Gomez

49. Kill em with kindness — Selena Gomez

50. I am not perfect. I make mistakes. But when I say sorry… I mean it!

51. Me? Weird? Please! I am limited edition!

52. Turn that frown upside down.

53. Smile, it's the best thing a girl can wear!

54, Stay true.

55. Laughing is the best medicine you can ever get!

56. "You're the king, baby I'm your queen." — Taylor Swift

57. Best Friends Forever!

58.Throwing it back to the good ole days!

59. Ugg Life.

60. I know you like, first-name-basis.

61. *Sends selfie to NASA cuz I'm a star*

62. Basic white girl.

63. Frisky Friday!

64. My thoughts are stars that I cannot fathom into constellations. — "The Fault In Our Stars"

65. "Maybe our okays will be our infinities." — The Fault In Our Stars

66. So hold onto me because I'm a little unsteady — Unsteady

67. This has got to be the best day of my life.

68. She's the beauty and he's the beast.

69. "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney

70. "If you can dream it, you can do it." — Walt Disney

71. "Hakuna Matata, it means no worries for the rest of your days." — "The Lion King"

72. "The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it." — "The Lion King."

73. "Remember you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine." — "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

74 ."The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." — "Mulan"

75. "You don't have time to be timid. You must be bold and daring." — "Beauty and the Beast"

76. "All it takes is faith and trust." — "Peter Pan"

77. "A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference." — "Winnie the Pooh"

78. "If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead." — "Ratatouille"

79. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." — George Bernard Shaw

80. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." — "Hercules"

81. "Life's not a spectator sport. If watchin' is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya." — "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

82. "The things that make me different are the things that make me ME." — "Winnie the Pooh"

83. "Giving up is for rookies." — "Hercules"

84. "Happiness is the richest thing we will ever own." — Donald Duck

85. "Change is good." — "The Lion King"

86. "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." — Abraham Lincoln

87. "An unexamined life is not worth living." — Socrates

88. "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." — Rabindranath Tagore

89. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

90. "The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." — Pamela Hansford Johnson

91. "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." — Swami Sivananda

92. "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices. Today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity, but embrace it." — Kevyn Aucoin

93. "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'," — Audrey Hepburn

94. "Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you." — Walt Whitman

95. "My power's turned on, starting right now I'll be strong." — Rachel Platten

96. "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." — Buddha

97. "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." — Rabindranath Tagore

98. "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'" — Muhammad Ali

99. "Why don't you be you, and I'll be me." — James Bay

100. Life is like a camera, we focus on the positives and develop from the negatives.

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Sara Anne Schmidt
Sara Anne Schmidt Jan 25, 2017
At Community College of Rhode Island

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Antonio Brown Vs. JuJu Smith-Schuster

AB's low-blow at JuJu has put a target on his back for the impending 2019 season.

JordynL
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Recently, Raiders wide-receiver Antonio Brown initiated a Twitter "war" after Steelers wide-receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was named MVP for the 2018 season. Brown retaliated with a response to a tweet shared by a fan that sparked a fire and brought emotions to an all time high within the NFL fan base. All of which took place after the former wide-receiver for Pittsburgh previously tweeted "Keep your emotions off the internet" just hours earlier, acting as if he is the herald of good advice. Ever since then AB has been nothing but emotional, even taking down a former teammate in the process.

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We've all been exposed to AB's attitude since he was drafted to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, but it's gotten worse over time. Still, Pittsburgh fans disregarded his actions for a while because of his skills on the field and million dollar smile. His charm and endless pictures of his children always, if not most of the time, managed to get the fans of Steeler Nation to turn a blind eye to his mischievous ways- at least until the past few seasons. It seemed that his attitude had gotten worse, along with his sense of entitlement and spreading of hate and jealousy toward his fellow players. His attitude and purposeful actions eventually granted his wish of being traded from the Steelers, ending up as the Raiders' new wide-receiver. Ever since the trade, his ruthless attitude and ongoing hypocrisy continues to ascend to greater levels than before, after JuJu fired back at Antonio with a dose of his own medicine.

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Immediately following, JuJu expressed the betrayal and disrespect he received, regardless of the fact that he practically idolized AB since he got drafted in 2017. The rookie MVP called out the Pittsburgh veteran for the size of his ego and ability to fire shots at people that adored him. If anything, this debacle was an enlightening event for the young WR and is now aware of what kind of person his former idol is.

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Following this, AB decided to take advantage of one of his known slogans #CallGod a few days after the fact. Instead of continuing his antagonizing behavior, he decided to quote the Bible as if it would excuse his initial shot toward JuJu. In doing so, he decided to carefully pick verses from Luke 6 in order to fit his own egotistical agenda.

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"But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return." Luke 6:35, a verse that is visibly ignored to avoid contradictions for his recent actions. As we can see in the tweet thread, fans are recognizing the hypocrisy that Antonio Brown is proudly exuding and are emphasizing it. AB's repugnant attitude and "preaching" has pushed fans to see that Brown will betray anyone who attempts to take his spotlight, regardless of him making the same mistakes in past seasons. The once-beloved, former Pittsburgh WR is ready and willing to place blame on fellow teammates but will very rarely take blame for his own faults. Because of this trait and actions that have followed, Brown now has a target on his back for the 2019 season.

Personal Twitter Screenshot

The NFC is ready to avenge JuJu Smith-Schuster and I don't believe Antonio realizes what he's gotten himself into. It's no secret that Brown has quick feet and can run across the field with great speed and agility, but people always find a way when rage drives them. It seems as if JuJu has great support across the entirety of the NFL, regardless of rivalries that exist.

Let's remember: Antonio Brown was in his prime with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Raiders are getting the aftermath that won't last much longer. It wouldn't surprise me if the Raiders make arrangements for someone to buy-out his three-year contract if his attitude doesn't improve. No team, no coach, will tolerate Antonio longer than Coach Tomlin did. Regardless, AB better start taking his "Call God" slogan seriously because he might need the Big-Man soon if he continues his disgusting and childish shenanigans.

JordynL
JordynL Apr 16, 2019
At Oklahoma State

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