Instagram Has Become SkyMall • Hacker News Board

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by M277 » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

endisneigh wrote: post #17

Is there anyone else out there who refuses to buy something if they first learned about it from an ad?

Yeah, I do this too. I don't know why or how, but on a subconscious level, my brain registers online ads as something bad / malicious, and so anything I see through an ad is automatically labelled as bad.

I even freak out if I accidentally click on an ad on mobile because I feel as if I have downloaded a piece of malware.

I don't know where this comes from...possibly due to having been there back when many ads really were malware? I am not sure.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by cratermoon » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

"hey, do you ever find it a huge hassle to pour cereal from a box?"

Just like the Snuggie, many of these products were invented to help people with various disabilities. See e.g. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/20/17791354/products-pe...

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by gccs » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

elorant wrote: post #52

The thing I hate about Instagram is how lenient they are on nude pics. While Facebook has a strict policy, on Instagram a lot of celebrity content is borderline porn.

Why are you browsing celebrity content in the first place?

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by Igelau » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:06 AM UTC

perardi wrote: post #30

I would just like to take this opportunity to post these screenshots I took over the past 2 days: https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ I am surprised by just how many ads for drugs I get. They know their audience. But still. Lots of ads for testosterone, growth hormone, and now ketamine.

The entirety of HN is now following chicagoresearchcentercrc and furiously liking every one of its posts.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by cratermoon » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:06 AM UTC

abendy wrote: post #7

The app itself can quickly turn into a never-ending scroll of infomercials from ads and accounts if you go beyond your social circle. Even if said accounts are not directly selling a product through the store feature, it's often advertising a desirable lifestyle not your own and general consumerism. How many photos are staged versus candid? This type of content-as-ad imagery is what the app lends itself best to versu…

Some significant portion of IG is just "influencers" peddling something for a buck, or euro.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by gentleman11 » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:07 AM UTC

vmlinuz wrote: post #47

Ok, so I'm going to hijack this slightly... I'm an elderly (mid-40s) non-USian techie, and I've never done Instagram. On Facebook I mostly follow people I've largely lost touch with in real life (particular these past couple of years), and on Twitter it's news sources and journalists, plus a selection of 'celebs' from various niche interests like tech, sci-fi, winter sports and comedy. Am I likely to be missing anyth…

I know a few people who get severe anxiety after spending too much time on there. I don’t use it but it seems really negative because of the algorithm forcing polarizing, stress-inducing content on you and your friends and family. It might possibly be okay if you strictly follow a non political artist or two that you like

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by gtirloni » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:07 AM UTC

bradleyjg wrote: post #68

vmlinuz wrote: post #47

Ok, so I'm going to hijack this slightly... I'm an elderly (mid-40s) non-USian techie, and I've never done Instagram. On Facebook I mostly follow people I've largely lost touch with in real life (particular these past couple of years), and on Twitter it's news sources and journalists, plus a selection of 'celebs' from various niche interests like tech, sci-fi, winter sports and comedy. Am I likely to be missing anyth…

Some of your younger friends / relatives / colleagues think Facebook is for their parents’ generation and put the stuff they want their contemporaries to see on Instagram. But not too young, there’s a generation behind them that thinks Instagram is for old people. In terms of pure functionality there’s absolutely nothing special about Instagram. At this point the two products are reskins of the same functionality.

Facebook is a lot more comprehensive, I think. But I've also deleted my FB account a while ago.

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by Crash0v3rid3 » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:08 AM UTC

jcims wrote: post #42

Crash0v3rid3 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I don’t follow these people. Once I view all the new content from the people I follow, Instagram starts showing me posts from people I’ve never seen before.

Are you using the app or browser? I just use Safari on iOS and I only follow my two kids and I just go back years of posts and there’s nothing from strangers on there.

I’m using the app on iOS if that makes a difference…

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by morty_s » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:08 AM UTC

novoblade wrote: post #49

perardi wrote: post #30

I would just like to take this opportunity to post these screenshots I took over the past 2 days: https://imgur.com/a/SLrJaUJ I am surprised by just how many ads for drugs I get. They know their audience. But still. Lots of ads for testosterone, growth hormone, and now ketamine.

i've never seen those ads before. aren't instagram ads tailored based on your browsing history? if anything, those ads may just be indicative of your recent interests.

Yeah, they’re tailored. I get ads for perf dev tools, compilers. I still get ads for vehicles months after buying one.

I’ve only had one ad that was “eerie.” Coworkers were talking about a kind of beverage I’d never heard of (talking over zoom, on a work-only machine), got an ad for the product later that day. Could be that I just recognized the name from our convo which caused me to scroll back up...

Re: Instagram Has Become SkyMall

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Post by sneak » Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 2:09 AM UTC

vmlinuz wrote: post #47

Ok, so I'm going to hijack this slightly... I'm an elderly (mid-40s) non-USian techie, and I've never done Instagram. On Facebook I mostly follow people I've largely lost touch with in real life (particular these past couple of years), and on Twitter it's news sources and journalists, plus a selection of 'celebs' from various niche interests like tech, sci-fi, winter sports and comedy. Am I likely to be missing anyth…

There's a lot of good photography on IG, and a lot of my friends primary social publications are photo blogging.

That said, I have all fb properties dns blocked: fb, instagram, and whatsapp. The privacy invasion isn't worth the content at all.

You should delete your fb account, as it serves as an implicit endorsement of the platform to your friends, family, and associates.