Appreciation post: My cousin's cat video got 10 views, then 50,000 after one comment from a local news anchor.

It sat dead for a week, then the algorithm picked it up and pushed it to the whole city's 'For You' page overnight. Has anyone else seen a single interaction trigger that kind of sudden, specific geographic boost?

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rayadams3h ago

The algorithm works in mysterious, annoying ways.

anderson.taylor1h ago

Ever try just not using the app for a few days? I had to do that once... it felt like it reset what it showed me. The feed got a lot less weird after that. It's like the algorithm needs to forget your old habits to stop pushing the same annoying stuff.

mark_thompson1h ago

Yeah, that trick actually worked for me too. Clearing the app's cache seemed to do the same thing.