Digital Pet Peeve: September 18 You’ve all seen it — or Instagram’s , which by default sorts content in a non-chronological order, will sometimes present a post that is clearly expired. Facebook algorithm (Not just old…but actually expired, invalid, stale, N/A — you get the idea.) For example: seeing a sports game promo post in your feed AFTER the game has ended? Maybe I’m missing something, but: Why don’t social media platforms offer the ability to include an expiration date on posts (scheduled or otherwise) so that things like sports or tv show promo posts are from the algorithm and don’t show up in people’s feeds after the event is over? automatically disqualified I understand that there could be digital marketing considerations in play, but perhaps someone can educate me on the value there. (And why it’s better than filling people’s feeds with RELEVANT content only!) Otherwise, it just annoys me… Digital Pet Peeve #1. My other pet peeve? Apple Music changing songs when I create a station! _Digital Pet Peeve: September 19_medium.com Why does Apple Music change songs when I “Create Station”

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