The user has now apologised himself for making the controversy flare up.
But in this blog post, web consultant Eric Meyer wrote about the fact that an image of his daughter, whom he lost to brain cancer this year, appeared in the clip.
Yes, my year looked like that. True enough. My year looked like the now-absent face of my little girl. It was still unkind to remind me so forcefully.
And I know, of course, that this is not a deliberate assault. This inadvertent algorithmic cruelty is the result of code that works in the overwhelming majority of cases, reminding people of the awesomeness of their years, showing them selfies at a party or whale spouts from sailing boats or the marina outside their vacation house.
But for those of us who lived through the death of loved ones, or spent extended time in the hospital, or were hit by divorce or losing a job or any one of a hundred crises, we might not want another look at this past year.
As a result, the Post reported, Jonathan Gheller, the product manager for the app, got in touch with Meyer and apologised for the pain caused.
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