engadget Thursday May 2, 2024
Instagram is overhauling its recommendation algorithm for Reels to boost “original content,” notes Engadget. The new algorithm will also penalize accounts that primarily repost other users’ work. In a blog post announcing the changes, the company said it’s trying to “correct” its ranking system so that accounts with smaller followings will have an easier time expanding their reach. It’s unclear exactly how Instagram is tweaking its recommendations, but the company suggests that the algorithm will no longer prioritize accounts with more followers.
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David Schonauer Thursday May 2, 2024
Nine years ago, while recovering from a health crisis, British society photographer Dafydd Jones returned to his archive of negatives and printed a few of his old pictures--images of the upper classes
at play that were made during the Reagan and Thatcher years for the UK's Tattler and Vanity Fair in the US. A collection of his images published in 2020 was a surprise … Read the full Story >>
TIME Wednesday May 1, 2024
For months, Fujikawaguchiko, a Japanese resort town, has been swarmed with tourists eager to soak in its Instagram-friendly views of Mount Fuji—visitors, notes Time, who have wreaked havoc, sometimes parking their cars without permission, leaving litter behind, and even climbing onto the roof of a dental clinic in hopes of a better vantage point for the perfect photo. Now the town is building an eight-feet-high mesh-net barrier to block views of the iconic mountain. “It’s regrettable we have to do this, because of some tourists who can’t respect rules,” one town official said.
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MY MODERN MET Wednesday May 1, 2024
Photographer Jan Erik Waider is known for his exploration of Iceland's incredible landscapes, notes My Modern Met in a spotlight of he photographer's newest series, “Glacier River Blue." Says Walder: “Most rivers have their source at one of the numerous glaciers and flow towards the sea. As the flow of the rivers declines, the sediment is deposited within the riverbed, temporarily leaving small islands of sand which cause the rivers to further divide."
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