From Dexerto · Michael Gwilliam · · 50s
Instagram Apologizes for Creed Song Glitch
Instagram admits error repeatedly suggesting Creed’s 'Higher' to users.
In brief
Instagram admits error repeatedly suggesting Creed’s 'Higher' to users. Instagram apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who were trying to pick music for Stories. Originally reported by Dexerto.
Instagram Apologizes
Instagram has apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who were simply trying to pick music for their Stories.
“Posted on instagram about how instagram always tries to make me add higher by creed to my stories and it turns out it’s happening to other people. I feel like i’m uncovering a big conspiracy. Theo algorithms want us to love creed pic.twitter.com/XiPD3rdGDJ”
Song Recommendations Glitch
The band’s 1999 hit had become an unusually persistent suggestion, appearing for people posting everything from food photos to pictures of their pets.
Instagram Investigates
An Instagram spokesperson told CNN that the song was reaching more people than intended and engineers were working on a fix.
“We looked into this and found that this song is being recommended to more people than intended”
Users Report Glitch
Communications specialist Pamela Ross told CNN the track kept appearing when she posted dinner plates or her cat, despite neither following nor listening to the band.
What to remember
Instagram apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who were trying to pick music for Stories.
