One thing that I've noticed about #Threads is that its algorithm is feeding up the same type of photos that are popular on Instagram. They are the highly-styled images that produce a peak shift effect.
Those types of supernormal images tend to evoke a unnatural emotional response. Often it is a response that drives high engagement, but the effect can produce the opposite response as well.
For me, it drives a high cringe response.
Bryan Hansel /
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2023-07-10 22:06:24
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