- Mysterious Instagram likes.
- Virat Kohli’s algorithm explanation.
- Can digital apps really do things on their own?
We just saw something online that made us scratch our heads. Hard. It’s about Instagram, and those little hearts we tap. Or, sometimes, apparently, don’t tap at all!
Remember last year when superstar cricketer Virat Kohli found himself in a sticky situation? He apparently ‘liked’ some photos of actress Avneet Kaur. The internet, as it does, went wild.
Then came the twist! He said it wasn’t him. Nope. Virat’s team explained it was a “mistakenly registered interaction”. They blamed his “algorithm”. Wild, right?
It makes us think about the whole digital aesthetic of our online lives. What *is* truly happening behind the screen? Imagine: you’re just scrolling. Suddenly, a little heart pops up on a post. But you didn’t tap it.
That’s a bit unsettling. Like a digital ghost is doing things on your behalf. We spend so much time curating our feeds. Our ‘likes’ are part of our visual story. To think an app might just add to that story, without us knowing? That’s a whole new vibe.
It brings up a big question: how much control do we *really* have over our own social media presence? Are our feeds truly ours? Or do the algorithms have a mind of their own?
Our Take
Here at BuzzMedia, we’re all about human connections. And human control. The idea of an algorithm making choices for us feels… off.
It messes with the clean, curated look we all try to maintain on our profiles. We think our digital footprint should be *our* footprint. Every single tap. Every ‘like’.
Maybe it’s a glitch. Maybe it’s a feature we don’t understand. But either way, it definitely adds a mysterious shade to the usual bright aesthetic of Instagram.
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