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Instagram Was Secretly Pushing Users to Listen to Creed

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Instagram users discovered the platform's recommendation system was quietly nudging them toward the band Creed, with Rolling Stone reporting on the phenomenon under the headline 'You're Not Crazy: Instagram Was Indeed Persuading You to Listen to Creed'. The article validates users who suspected the app was deliberately steering their music listening, turning the band's resurgence via algorithmic suggestions into a widely shared talking point.

Why now: People are amused and surprised that Instagram's algorithms were actively persuading them to listen to Creed, a band known as a cultural punchline

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Evidence

• You’re Not Crazy: Instagram Was Indeed Persuading You to Listen to Creed · Rolling Stone
• Instagram Didn’t Mean to Take You ‘Higher’ · Vulture
• Instagram admits it has been recommending too much Creed · Yahoo Tech

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