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I would presume the fishing and car groups are male heavy, and those men who have similar likes as you, like the booby photos.

They are profiling your likes.



Plausible - sort of. I have never 'liked' a booby photo, and it's true probably lots of those guys have.

FWIW, booby photos are verboten in those groups/group chats. The owners try hard to keep things topically relevant.


What matters is that the other guys in the group who like cars and fishing also with high probability engage with boob posts.

All this recommendation algorithm horseshit is just showing you the exact same stuff that trended with the least common denominator that you also are part of, no matter how much YOU PERSONALLY do not engage with it.




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