There’s something insidious to watch out for in online photography groups. Everyone wants their photos to be seen and appreciated, but what tends to attract the most likes are the overtly obvious: sunsets, puppies, flowers, over-saturated landscapes, and whatever is the most familiar and relatable (don’t get me wrong, I like sunsets and puppies as much as the next person). The algorithm rewards these images with greater visibility, which generates more likes, which in turn reinforces the posting of the same kinds of images, over and over. The risk is falling into this feedback loop — one that can subtly (or not so subtly) nudge a photographer toward chasing likes rather than vision, gradually eroding whatever made their work distinctly their own.