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I'm really tired of reading rants and opinions on Medium. In any case it sounds like if there's a huge drop-off of users Instagram can very easily address the issue by setting a sort by option in the settings.
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When ads start killing 30% of the people who look at them.
When an "infection" from an ad can lead to malware, trojans, ransomware, etc... At what point does the monetary value of the damages caused by "advertising" surpass the amount of damages caused by cigs? Will that amount of damage ever be more than lung cancer and lost lives? Who knows... but ads aren't just annoying. They are dangerous. Just ask the hospitals that have had to run at limited capacity due to infections…
I don't want to eat fast-food, but they will use shiny pictures, bright colors, reverse psychology, "everyone else eat burgers" tactics, etc. to make me want it.
They are little squares of manipulation.
This 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.
The 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).
There really should be a weekly game. Top score to the person with the most items added to the list -
If Mark Zuckerberg was running Wikipedia:
1. Everybody in the world would need an account to access it.
2. The most liked parts of a topic, lets say Linear Algebra, would appear before everything else on the topic.
3. A "free basics" version of Wikipedia would be made available to those who can't afford cake.
4.
Next week we play, if Mark Zuckerberg was running Linux.
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At least on iPhone, the web app is less resource-hoggy and just as featureful. Most of the social events I go to are now typically organized via Facebook; the non-FB people require a separate email which is an extra step that is not taken 100% of the time.
>an extra step that is not taken 100% of the time. IMO, that's often a feature not a bug.
The changes are a natural progression towards a curated experience. You may not like it but I would argue it does not 'ruin' instagram; just makes it a more controlled experience (which many do prefer).
People's opinion that Instagram is 'ruined' is completely valid. Just because the 'average' experience ticked up doesn't mean that you're making it better for everyone. This is a classic case of managing to the average. The desires of the people who are most passionate about Instagram are being ignored in lieu of hitting quarterly numbers.
This is why it's important to deeply understand your users qualitatively as well as quantitatively. You can't A/B test your way to a great product.
The 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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When an "infection" from an ad can lead to malware, trojans, ransomware, etc... At what point does the monetary value of the damages caused by "advertising" surpass the amount of damages caused by cigs? Will that amount of damage ever be more than lung cancer and lost lives? Who knows... but ads aren't just annoying. They are dangerous. Just ask the hospitals that have had to run at limited capacity due to infections…
Ads are malware to the mind. I don't want to eat fast-food, but they will use shiny pictures, bright colors, reverse psychology, "everyone else eat burgers" tactics, etc. to make me want it. They are little squares of manipulation.
The 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).
Well its apt that Mark Zuckerberg gets the blame then. There really should be a weekly game. Top score to the person with the most items added to the list - If Mark Zuckerberg was running Wikipedia: 1. Everybody in the world would need an account to access it. 2. The most liked parts of a topic, lets say Linear Algebra, would appear before everything else on the topic. 3. A "free basics" version of Wikipedia would be…