Beyond the Boundary

When Algorithms Attack Hearts

This was most requested and also I wanted to write something on the chaos... So here it is.

Let's dive straight in 👇🏻
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It was just another sunny day on the internet-or so everyone thought. But within a matter of minutes, the digital sky turned grey.

Social media began to buzz, tremble, and then erupt-not with celebration or pride this time, but with a chaos that tasted bitter and stung like betrayal.

Virat Kohli was trending again.

And when Kohli trends, it's either for the kind of innings that makes you believe in cricket as poetry, or for something so off-track, it doesn't belong on a pitch.

This time? It was the latter.

A fanpage had posted a photo of a well-known influencer-just another glamorous pose among millions that litter the explore page.

And Virat had liked it.

Not from his secret main profile, not from a burner account (as if he'd ever need one), but from the same verified account that posted heartfelt wishes for Anushka on every anniversary and lovingly shared Vamika's drawings like they were gallery-worthy.

In minutes, screenshots were flying.

Memes? Brutal.

Comment sections? On fire.

Someone wrote, "Vamika beta, papa ko phone do." Another, "Akaay beta, masti nahi."

What started as cheeky jabs turned venomous too fast. The world, in its infinite hunger for drama, began spinning tales that never existed.

"Divorce loading..."

"Virat liked that from his main? Bhai beizzati toh dekho."

"He says he worships Anushka, but yeh kya hai?"

And the cruelest: "Anushka Bhabhi toh sab seh jaati hai."

Virat was being dragged-mocked, dissected, turned into punchlines for an action that may have been nothing more than a slip of the algorithm.

A like.

A literal double tap.

That was all it took for the world to forget the man who stood like a wall beside his wife through every storm.

He posted a story, calm and composed, as always:

"While clearing up my feed, something might have happened by mistake because of algorithm. Don't believe everything you see. Much love."

But it wasn't enough.

The trolls were merciless. Now they mocked the clarification too.

"Toh aisa kaam hi kyun jo clarify karna pade?"

"Technical glitch? Bhai ko bola hota, better excuse de deta."

And then came Rahul Vaidya. Out of nowhere. No warning, no connection-just a craving for attention.

He went live.

"Virat Kohli ke fans? Bhai sabse bade joker! Aur Virat? Khud hi joker hai."

Then again, doubling down with venom in his tone:

"Virat ne mujhe block kar diya. Glitch hi hoga. Kal main kuch ulta sidha kar doon toh samajh jana, algorithm ki galti hai."

Laughter, jeers, claps from the toxic corners of the internet.