I clicked on an Instagram post about a happy dog – and opened a hellish portal | Polly Hudson

2026-03-11 - 11:13

Little did I know this cheerful animal had just died. Ever since, my algorithm has been serving me up more of the same ... I’m arriving at the social media party so late that the lights are on and the floor is being swept. As a result, I’ve only recently learned that if you look at anything for two seconds, it teaches your algorithm that this is all you want to see. A cheerful dog was the gateway drug. Now, I am accidentally on Death Instagram. It is not very LOL. The lengthy caption on Fido’s joyful, tail-waggy photo unfortunately revealed that he’d just crossed the rainbow bridge. This information was not delivered succinctly, though, meaning I lingered long enough to inform Mark Zuckerberg that this was very much my jam. Continue reading...