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Facebook is ruining Instagram

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Re: Facebook is ruining Instagram

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Post by smt88 »

This post informed me that Instagram has fixed the problem that made me hate it and never want to open it (irrelevant/boring photos cluttering my timeline). The most prolific posters, often also with the lowest-quality content, would drown out all the more thoughtful posters.

Time to try Instagram again!

Re: Facebook is ruining Instagram

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Post by prebrov »

smt88 wrote: post #2

This post informed me that Instagram has fixed the problem that made me hate it and never want to open it (irrelevant/boring photos cluttering my timeline). The most prolific posters, often also with the lowest-quality content, would drown out all the more thoughtful posters. Time to try Instagram again!

May I ask why would you follow most prolific and boring photographers in the first place?

Re: Facebook is ruining Instagram

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Post by spery »

prebrov wrote: post #3
smt88 wrote: post #2

This post informed me that Instagram has fixed the problem that made me hate it and never want to open it (irrelevant/boring photos cluttering my timeline). The most prolific posters, often also with the lowest-quality content, would drown out all the more thoughtful posters. Time to try Instagram again!

May I ask why would you follow most prolific and boring photographers in the first place?

Maybe because he uses it like FB, adding friends.

Re: Facebook is ruining Instagram

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Post by s_m_t »

ttn wrote: post #4

This type of stuff makes me wonder when humanity will treat ads just like we treat cigarettes today.

That is a difficult problem to solve. How do you differentiate between genuine (even if self-interested) self expression and 'advertisement'?

If I think I make really muffins and I want everyone to know is that advertisement and is it a bad thing? Of course, I love my muffins so much that I want everyone to have them so I'm going to have to start charging, because the best way to get as many people to try them is to do it full time. And of course at some point I'm going to have to hire other people and teach them to make the muffins for me because one man can only make so many muffins. I'll probably have to incorporate and buy a muffin factory. And I'm much better with muffins than I am with words so actually the proclamations of my muffin's superiority are going to be designed by a professional.

I actually don't have a way with words so I'm not sure how to wrap this up but it's a piece of my perspective either way.

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