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Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by astrange » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:26 PM UTC

frameset wrote: post #275

deergomoo wrote: post #92

I used to have a really nice, tailored experience on Instagram. All I saw was genuinely good photography and art that I was interested in. Since Reels launched, my feed and the search screen is basically just softcore porn. Not sure what I’ve done to get the algorithm all hot and heavy—perhaps just being an 18-35 male is enough—but it’s rather embarrassing to the point where I don’t always feel comfortable opening th…

This is my exact problem with it. I only follow comic book artists, friends, and local businesses. Yet my reels are full of semi nude women gyrating to music. I don't want that there.

It defaults to that, but there's a few things it'll still show you instead if you force it - rabbit accounts is one. Maybe because they all follow each other.

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by _jal » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

wayoutthere wrote: post #313

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that would be rooted in anti-racism, and anyway the next sentence after it "They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." I think establishes the universality of the idea, the same idea expressed in phrases such as if voting could truly change the system it would be outlawed. that idea being that systemic change cannot be achieved with…

Audre Lorde chose her words carefully. Her use of “master” holds clear connotations that black people are still not free and the struggle continues. You can’t tear down the master’s house when you yourself are one of his tools. It’s powerful because it’s a personal challenge in the context of white supremacy. And whenever you use the phrase, some decent percentage of your audience will be put off by it and wonder why…

No, I don't fence off metaphors for exclusivity. Good ones get reused.

And claiming Lorde was only talking about race is simply incorrect.

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by lentil_soup » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:39 PM UTC

yunohn wrote: post #300

theshrike79 wrote: post #292

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The rest of the world seems to use Twitter for this. Despite all its faults it seems to be better for this kind of stuff. Facebook's algorithms limit the way posts can be found way too much.

> The rest of the world seems to use Twitter I truly don’t think so. The vast majority of people I know in Europe and Asia use Facebook, not Twitter. Only my USA acquaintances use Twitter all the time.

I think they meant the following of journalists during troubled times

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by rabenbru » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

jazzyjackson wrote: post #95

otrahuevada wrote: post #86

Facebook's unique brand of algorithmic bias is probably the one thing they will end up being remembered for once they manage to sunset themselves. Even Google will recommend some odd, interesting things from time to time to find out if your bubble is in need of expanding, while FB for whatever reason just can´t and defaults to showing you the most handsomely paid for, boring spam available. Here in Uruguay, the most…

> Friends with bands and tiny galleries Speaking of algorithmic feeds, I will always lament what could have been - for a short time, you got what was promised on the box: follow creators you like, see the event flyers they post, put the event on a calendar. Utopia. Then they pushed “organic reach” onto the world, and my musician friends with 5000 followers started to be informed that their event flyers would not be d…

The system design is fundamentally pernicious Infrastructure needs to be monetized but not in a fashion that undermines a fundamental socially beneficial function like connecting musicians with people who love music

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by kartoshechka » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

I wish music streaming services were as pervasive as FB/Instagram algorithms, for example, here's the album that the artist liked that you follow. Spotify is trying to fill this with ID playlists but that should be an ongoing stream rather than a carefully picked set of songs. On the other side I wouldn't expect artists to be genuinely happy that their actions are mirrored to basically the whole Internet

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by edpichler » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

randomsearch wrote: post #264

I think Facebook (meta)‘s key asset is now WhatsApp. Facebook is practically dead. It’s just a stream of awful content that isn’t from your friends. It’s hyper advertising and desperate attempts to clone other platforms as it slowly dies. It’ll continue for a long time, eventually becoming yahoo like, but young people do not care about it at all. Instagram has similarly been over monetised but in an earlier stage. It…

This is just your perception/opinion (I have a similar one). The company Financial Results and statements (facts) are showing something different.

PS: They are awful for me. I miss the old Internet days.

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by edpichler » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:46 PM UTC

For those missing the old internet days, I recommend to take a look in the https://indieweb.org project.

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by 2-718-281-828 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:53 PM UTC

asddubs wrote: post #323

2-718-281-828 wrote: post #315

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> Twitter literally limits the length of your tweets That's what you have screenshots for ... duh

an accessibility nightmare of their own making

I'm not joking, though

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by 2-718-281-828 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

zwirbl wrote: post #324

2-718-281-828 wrote: post #318

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mad men, breaking bad are trash as far as I am concerned.

good for you

don't you want to know what I think good shows are?

Re: Instagram Is Facebook Now

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Post by the_other » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:04 PM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #46

andrew_eit wrote: post #35

Facebook aside you really see this across the board on almost any platform, that once the product reaches it's 1.0 stage, (where it is good, does what the users want it to do, and has realised its vision) it begins a process of gradual decay, as the focus of the product managers (now panicking to find some statistics to improve to show their bosses) shifts from "building functionality" to "increasing engagement/reten…

> We, as in the IT industry, need to come up with a culture or methodology of 'declaring a product complete' whereby all product managers are gracefully allowed to move on and a product is put into a state of stasis We live in a time when large companies will divest themselves of profitable but not growing businesses because it gets in the way of the core mission, which for large public companies is only one thing. G…

> We live in a time when large companies will divest themselves of profitable but not growing businesses because it gets in the way of the core mission, which for large public companies is only one thing. Growth.

If you have good product-market fit, then “shrinking” is growth. By “shrinking” I mean automating more, becoming more efficient, streamlining. Pay off excess staff in shares and free them up (and yourself) to work on something else.