I have posted photos to Instagram but I don’t understand the point. I rarely take picture of myself . Mostly I take photos using my macro camera , cool things I have seen like architecture or the local environment and graffiti and real life stickers. Is it mainly just to share photos of yourself?
The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most
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#32Me: Deletes instagram. Instagram: Your account will be deleted in 30 days. Me: ... Me: Login on day 29 Instagram: Welcome back.
It was the same when I deleted all FB properties 3 years ago, except I never went back.
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#33So most american IG users are liars?
If an alcoholic tells you he wants to quit but never seems to actually quit, does that make him a liar? Of course not.
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#34I bookmarked the messages page in instagram in my web browser and deleted the app, that way I can stay in contact with friends and family without the distraction.
This interaction pattern isn't possible in the app, and users are forced to view the most captivating post in their feed upon opening.
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#35I set a 15 minute daily limit on Instagram. I also have my phone setup to block all non-essential apps between 7:00AM and 6:00PM on the weekdays, and I am not usually hitting my 15 Insta-minutes on those days. I could probably reduce that to 10 and still catch up on anything from friends and family. But the extra 5 minutes is just enough time to enjoy some interesting content from the hobby-influencers I follow, yet…
Can you recommend that app to block non-essential apps? I reflexively open stuff on my phone
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#36Me: Deletes instagram. Instagram: Your account will be deleted in 30 days. Me: ... Me: Login on day 29 Instagram: Welcome back.
My account will auto delete after 30 days? That’s actually pretty nice if true.
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#37Social media is getting closer to fast fashion. Every app is doomed on creation to live a short life. I'm happy with this, since in reality, its ultimately a tool for marketing and social media is just the side effect. Superficial way of connecting to the masses? use the latest Social media. The real way of staying in touch with people? giving them a call or an email if not meet in person. Nothing beats the personal…
This is all true, but the result of social media is that people feel like they’re getting social fulfillment despite, in most cases, getting anything of value. So people are irritable, exhausted, and feel no need for offline socialization.
We’ll eventually come up with ways to resist this, but it’ll be hard. We can’t, if we live in the expensive cities where the jobs are, return to the real physical world, because that place was bought by the rich when we weren’t looking and now they own it.
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#38I didn't want to delete my Instagram account but they went ahead and algo'd it into the trash can anyway, after first making me upload a selfie with a piece of paper with a random code written on it.
Truly a bizarre experience.
After I tweeted about it I discovered there's an underground economy of people claiming to be able to restore your account.
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#40I guess I am too slow in that I opened a Facebook account for the first time ever in may 2012 and it was where everybody seemed to be at, only for a couple years later everybody started to open a parallel Instagram account - I never could understand why people would want to use another thing additional to a thing that could do the same? In those years you could notice Facebook became a wasteland, the Cambridge analyt…
The Facebook experience seems to depends a lot on the age group. For the older than 1970s age group, Facebook experience is very similar to what early Facebook was for high school and universities in the 2000s. With lots of photo updates from friends.