'Algorithms are often touted as unbiased, but many forget that there are humans programming these algorithms and coding their own internal biases into them.'
Earlier this year, Instagram began hiding posts and videos that the app considers “inappropriate” but don’t violate its community guidelines, the HuffPost reports. Instagram neglected to go into detail regarding the specific material it would deem “inappropriate,” only citing “sexually suggestive” content as an example.
Michelle, an Australian pole dance performer, teacher and studio owner told the Huffington Post that, “many of us within the pole dancing community rely on Instagram to thrive. We use [Instagram] to share training videos, connect with new people and, for lots of us, to grow our businesses.” Michelle was aware of the research indicating that the algorithm is biased against women and after seeing a steady decline of her content’s monthly engagement, she decided to switch her profile to male.
View this post on Instagram 🛠Possible hack going round the pole dance community: several WOMEN dancers with access to Instagram business/creator account analytics have reported better engagement and visibility and less ban-action - by simply editing their profile & changing their bio to ‘MALE’ instead of ‘FEMALE’ ? And then continuing to post their usual content. .
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