Grace 🏳️‍⚧️ @gemofamara.com · Apr 12

going back to the chart that started this whole conversation, looking past the trend line at the actual data points, it really was stable until some time in the 2010s. financial crash didn't hit nearly as hard. like i'm sorry but we can't just dismiss phones as a potential cause here.

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Joe Bandy · Apr 12

The algorithms Hank is talking about took off in that period. People always joke that we entered an alternate timeline when Harambe died in 2016, but it was that exact same time that Instagram switched to an algorithmic feed.