Taking an issue with Instagram’s algorithm in a recent video, <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/abdul-el-sayed-glad-to-campaign-with-hasan-piker-promises-drivers-licenses-to-illegals-claims-trump-is-fascist" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Abdul El-Sayed</a>, who is running in Michigan’s Democrat primary for a US Senate seat, said that he is being served OnlyFans models on his account. Instagram’s algorithm displays content based on what they interact with or what they may like.<br />
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“Like, you think about, you’re on Instagram, right, my team has access to my Instagram account, and, like, the things that I actually look at on Instagram, right, of course we get served that on a ‘for you’ page. But then, like, every third video that scrolls on its own is going to be some OnlyFans model. And it’s because it clocked me as being a 40-something-year-old man,” El-Sayed said in the video from The Lever, in which he got a workout in with journalist David Sirota.<br />
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https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/2084735732346765459?s=20<br />
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Instagram <a href="https://creators.instagram.com/how-to-grow#distribution" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">says</a> of its algorithm for recommending content: “We use signals to predict which reels people might like. Signals include user activity like watch time, retention, shares, likes, and comments. We also use audience-matching techniques to compare people with similar interests, because what one person is engaging with can help us learn what someone else might be into.”<br />
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It further <a href="https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/instagram-ranking-explained" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">explains</a> that videos shown in Reels, the tab in which a user can endlessly scroll through videos, are tailored to a user’s activity on the platform, including likes, saves, and comments; their history in interacting with the poster; and the popularity of the poster, content, or audio used in the clip.<br />
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<a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/michigans-dsa-senate-hopeful-abdul-el-sayeds-delayed-financial-disclosure-reveals-vast-properties-in-india-dubai" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">El-Sayed</a> was mocked for his comments on social media. Commentator Stephen L Miller wrote, “That's uh, not how the Instagram algorithm works, my guy.”<br />
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https://x.com/redsteeze/status/2084699208687485322?s=20<br />
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https://x.com/townhallcom/status/2084718678432510264?s=20<br />
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Investigative reporter Chuck Ross wrote, “Who's going to tell him?”<br />
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https://x.com/ChuckRossDC/status/2084665647208726915?s=20<br />
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https://x.com/Republicans/status/2084694715438440502?s=20<br />
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Daily Wire host Cabot Phillips wrote, “Sir, if your Instagram is flooded with only fans models, there's a reason for that.”<br />
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https://x.com/cabot_phillips/status/2084722601859907599?s=20<br />
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