I agree that FB and Instagram have gone downhill as they ramped advertising, but isn't that a well-understood part of the story?
My solution is to use them less.
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#12I agree that FB and Instagram have gone downhill as they ramped advertising, but isn't that a well-understood part of the story? My solution is to use them less.
> My solution is to use them less.
Good point. Probably my problem (I'm the author) was to get too attached to the Medium. I idealized it.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> Maybe because he uses it like FB, adding friends
Exactly! I've got PLENTY of friends on FB that don't get followed on Instagram. There's probably a 20% overlap at max. I keep my follow count low and start unfollowing anyone or brands that bore or annoy me.
In that way most of my media posts (which I shamefully admit are 90% my kids being adorable to me only) go to Instagram only or Instagram and shared with FB as well. I NEVER post directly to FB with media.
I think a lot of people who don't see value in Instagram think of it like they do Facebook.
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#14I find it strange that they don't simply allow two streams: the reordered via algorithm and the timeline.
Introduce the new thing as a cool new beta product that people can try and after a certain amount of time switch it to default, but still allow the old version. Then wait until a majority switch over and cut off the old version.
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#15This type of stuff makes me wonder when humanity will treat ads just like we treat cigarettes today.
When we fully understand the psychological effects of advertisements on the brain like we do the physical effects of cigarettes on the lungs. IMO a pretty long time.
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#16This type of stuff makes me wonder when humanity will treat ads just like we treat cigarettes today.
When ads start killing 30% of the people who look at them.
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#17Just stop using the app; lots of people I know have already stopped using Facebook. I don't even have it installed on my phone anymore.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe because he uses it like FB, adding friends.
> Maybe because he uses it like FB, adding friends Exactly! I've got PLENTY of friends on FB that don't get followed on Instagram. There's probably a 20% overlap at max. I keep my follow count low and start unfollowing anyone or brands that bore or annoy me. In that way most of my media posts (which I shamefully admit are 90% my kids being adorable to me only) go to Instagram only or Instagram and shared with FB as w…
> I think a lot of people who don't see value in Instagram think of it like they do Facebook.
That's exactly the point.
(I'm the author)
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#19The closing line:
>> It is stealing me as much time as they can. They are fighting to get my attention span, only to feed me with more ads. They are just like the television.
That's an interesting point. Seems like that can be applied to a long list of sites/apps now (or maybe it's always been like that, not sure now is any different).
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#20This type of stuff makes me wonder when humanity will treat ads just like we treat cigarettes today.
"I only look at ads when I'm drunk."