Has anyone else’s social media algorithm turned *horrific* since becoming pregnant?
I deleted my only social media last week (Instagram) because my algorithm was feeding me non-stop videos of stillbirths, newborns with debilitating disabilities, etc. Truly disturbing and horrific things. That was all on top of fearmongering content like, “You’re going to RUIN your baby if you feed them cake with SUGAR on their first birthday!” It was either horror-instilling videos or insanely guilt-tripping tradwife mom content.
I wasn’t seeking out pregnancy content, wasn’t doing a lot of googling about pregnancy, and wasn’t engaging with similar posts, but the algorithm kept spitting them out. I know instagram knows I’m pregnant through any number of data sources, but I guess I’d hoped if I didn’t engage with the negative things it would shift gears. I was wrong.
I thought I was alone in this, but a pregnant friend said her instagram was similarly churning out some real horrors since she’d been pregnant, and I’m curious as to whether this experience was shared by others here.
I deactivated my instagram and have enjoyed not seeing that content for the last two weeks, and would recommend it to anyone else being digitally pelted with the horrors.