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Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pressure

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Re: Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pressure

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Post by filereaper »

spoonjim wrote: post #159

This is akin to the ability to "de-badge" a car, offered by German manufacturers, where the manufacturer logo is visible but the specific model is not. I.e. a Mercedes SL could be a $80,000 V6 or a $160,000 twin-turbo V12 and unless someone was clued into the differences (like the exhaust pipes) they wouldn't know. I've noticed anecdotally that in the US, most of the de-badged cars are the low end models -- people do…

>Wonder if there's a deeper learning to be found there.

Yes, Europe generally has Tall Poppy Syndrome and the Nordics have socially accepted norms like Jantelagen.

- https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191008-jantelagen-why...

Re: Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pressure

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Post by nonbirithm »

It makes me think: why is a successful company which introduced a feature to supposedly improve the product beginning to consider it's better for some users to remove it instead?

I think we will regret the day when we realize we've innovated and revolutionized technology to the point where it can overpower our minds. Humans seem to be really good at designing engagement traps when they have all the tools, look to the future and see all the possibilities before them.

These people pay millions of dollars for you to choose their app over writing some words on paper, or going for a hike, or any other action you could take.

Also, I don't think Instagram would offer the option to disable likes if they didn't believe it would ultimately help them retain more users.

Re: Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pressure

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Post by an_opabinia »

crocbuzz wrote: post #133
an_opabinia wrote: post #104

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TikTok just makes up the view counts. So everyone feels like they're growing an audience. Instagram could do the same. They probably will. It would probably both increase engagement and, would it be bad for mental health? Anyway, I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts 5 years ago.

Where is your source that TikTok makes up the view counts. As a developer myself, their interest graph is second to none. It has by far the best recommendation algorithm in the social media space to date. Of course they are doing it with all the data they collect, but it doesn't bother me because it shows me endless amounts of the type of content I want to see, which is not half-naked dancing teens, but lots of polit…

Facebook also made up view counts on video. What can I say? What evidence do you have the counts are real?

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Post by papito »

72deluxe wrote: post #73
adrianN wrote: post #52

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Ease of access to the thing you're addicted to is a big factor for relapse probability. That's one reason why it's so hard for people with food addiction to lose weight. Developing self control is a lot harder than you make it seem.

But developing self control isn't impossible, else EVERYBODY would be "addicted" to all manner of things - alcohol, smoking, food, sex, shopping, hoarding - all of them. As these things aren't experienced by everybody, there must be a possibility that self control can be cultivated. It also is supported by laws that punish you for lack of self-control: murder in the case of rage, stealing in the case of greed etc. In…

I don't think we are blaming the apps. The point is that I don't want to be addicted. The solution is not "just be stronger".

Re: Instagram lets users hide likes to reduce social media pressure

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Post by nonbirithm »

deergomoo wrote: post #20

Instagram can actually be a nice place, if used as a platform to look at cool pictures and not at all as a social network. I never added any friends or family, I just follow accounts and topics I'm interested in. So my feed is almost entirely pixel art, cool architecture, and retro console mods, and it's very pleasant. Considering they're Facebook-owned, I see surprisingly little effort to cram low-effort garbage dow…

I only use Instagram to send messages to a single person who won't get back to me through text messages. We had serious issues seeing responses to each others' communication until I gave in and made an Instagram account for messaging.

But I don't believe I ought to criticize them over this. Instagram is their normal, and the place where a significant portion of their social life converges, and I never had any control over that from the beginning. Facebook did.

When I see them in real life, our interactions are positive, so I really believe our usage of Instagram is simply what works out the most practically for them. I don't use Instagram for any other purpose. But because of the network effect, I can easily see how Instagram can redirect the attention of other people this way, and make the app their new normal, repeating the vicious cycle.

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Post by neilv »

spoonjim wrote: post #159

This is akin to the ability to "de-badge" a car, offered by German manufacturers, where the manufacturer logo is visible but the specific model is not. I.e. a Mercedes SL could be a $80,000 V6 or a $160,000 twin-turbo V12 and unless someone was clued into the differences (like the exhaust pipes) they wouldn't know. I've noticed anecdotally that in the US, most of the de-badged cars are the low end models -- people do…

I debadge a lot of products. That said, I would really like to own a red ~1980 Ferrari 308 GTS, including all the emblems, even if it's actually a Prius under the hood.

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Post by anthk »

lupire wrote: post #140
antirez wrote: post #118

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I don't agree because the contact with real teenagers at school and other places where children meet was as brutal as it is today even in the past. Now there are new elements, that is, the fact you have to confront yourself with a lager audience of people and you can see unreal standards. But even at school with 400 children there will be the extremely pretty, the extremely good at sports, and so forth. And what is l…

School bullying is bad, but scaling it up to global bullying is worse.

Also you bullied teens can get potential help from late bloomers who were bullied in early years; thus, placing the bully in from of their moronic supporters as a big loser.

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Post by mywacaday »

spoonjim wrote: post #159

This is akin to the ability to "de-badge" a car, offered by German manufacturers, where the manufacturer logo is visible but the specific model is not. I.e. a Mercedes SL could be a $80,000 V6 or a $160,000 twin-turbo V12 and unless someone was clued into the differences (like the exhaust pipes) they wouldn't know. I've noticed anecdotally that in the US, most of the de-badged cars are the low end models -- people do…

In Ireland/UK any debadged cars are in the boy racer scene, I always found it interesting that without the badges it can be difficult to distinguish the make if the car.

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Post by lottin »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #115
offtop5 wrote: post #56

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But you're not chastising me, or my physical appearance. Having people call you ugly all day is probably one of the worst parts of Instagram. You're merely chastising a few of my opinions. There's so much detachment from the rest of me. In the early days of Facebook I actually screwed up a relationship as I was worried my first girlfriend would post the wrong thing on my wall, and oh no all my friends would see. Hack…

> Having people call you ugly all day is probably one of the worst parts of Instagram. That’s not at all typical for Instagram. In fact, anyone being called “ugly” would do well to block whoever is making those comments, which is very easy on the platform. > Hacker News isn't really a social media site since there's no concept of followers or friends here. Hacker News is absolutely a social media. The comments sectio…

Upvotes and downvotes on HN only give you hint about the popularity (or lack thereof) of the views that you have expressed as an anonymous commentator. This can never be interpreted as a popularity rating of your physical appearance, lifestyle or of your worth as a human being, whereas in other social media this is often the case.
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