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Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by kevinmchugh »

mock-possum wrote: post #83

Wait - > We looked into the top 30 most popular apps people most want to delete in the United States by delving into regional search volumes for “delete” and “deactivate” apps/accounts by each state. They’re not going off of actual app deletion or account deactivation data… they’re going off of how often people search for how to do it? Here’s the thing - if I want to ‘delete Facebook’ then I’ll do it - there’s no sea…

The other skew is how straight-forward account deactivation is. Sites/apps that make deactivation obvious won't have as many searches. Deleting apps is equally easy for all apps.

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Post by ncpa-cpl »

neura wrote: post #67
notShabu wrote: post #17

Instagram democratizes the mental illness that used to only affect child stars and the hollywood famous. Who people think we are is who we are because identity is a reflection, not an actual thing in reality (similar to colors not existing in reality). Having access to a extra mirrors at first creates a sense of control. You know your mom and dad won't give you a "non-distorted" reflection so the reflection from stra…

"Instagram democratizes the mental illness that used to only affect child stars and the hollywood famous." Wow. I have problems with Instragram, but I've never tried to sum it up into a single statement and while this is rather specific and may not include all the problems I _feel_ are there, it really does bring home the main issue, for me. A little snark in there about democratizing, as some people will always put…

> Wow. I have problems with Instragram

I remember that for a few months before my partner broke up with me, their IG feed was full of reels, posts, 'comedy', 'psychology tips', about people complaining about their partners. And also lots of Insta influencers posts giving relationship tips or encouraging people to break up for diverse reasons.

While I'm aware my relationship wasn't perfect, the standards promoted by those aesthetic Insta influencers were really impossible to obtain in real life. Unless of course your life consisted only of perfectly curated Insta moments.

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by countmora »

mock-possum wrote: post #83

Wait - > We looked into the top 30 most popular apps people most want to delete in the United States by delving into regional search volumes for “delete” and “deactivate” apps/accounts by each state. They’re not going off of actual app deletion or account deactivation data… they’re going off of how often people search for how to do it? Here’s the thing - if I want to ‘delete Facebook’ then I’ll do it - there’s no sea…

> My decision to delete Facebook is not captured in their data.

I think for some people, it is. If I want to "delete Facebook" then I want to delete my account and every data associated with it. This is often not a straight forward process because sometimes the delete account option is buried in settings, you have to contact support, fill out a form, etc. Hence a quick search will guide you through the deletion process.

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by rdl »

I actually really love instagram more than most other social networks I use.

I follow ~1500 Japanese cat accounts, ~50 personal friends (who mostly post food/travel/etc.), and ~100 "influencer" and "brand" accounts for companies I like, and ~10 meme accounts.

I mostly post random photos during travel, ranging from food photographs to cats to landscapes to sometimes things from conferences, mostly going for "visually interesting.

Locked to friends-only, and just remove people if they're slightly annoying even if I know them IRL.

The only thing I dislike about my use of IG is the lack of "easy to download photo from someone else's IG", but that's a product decision. I keep wanting to set up an actual self-hosted photo gallery but never get around to it, and the iphone cameraroll to IG workflow is so easy.

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by zucked »

tristor wrote: post #43

My wife convinced me to install Instagram so she could send me videos of stuff. My experience was that at first it was annoying, then I found out I could follow some cool hobbyist folks working on cars, old computer systems, electronics, and of course all the mechanical keyboard content, as well as travel (I'm an extensive world traveler and used to post travel content on Instagram over 5 years ago) and I got sucked…

> 2. Thots. Maybe because I'm a male between 25-50 or something, but even though I subscribe to 0 people on Instagram that qualify as thots, my feed started getting filled with women using Instagram to advertise their OF/services. Usually these seem cross-recommended as related to comedy shorts, cosplay/gaming, or cars, but aren't really any of those things.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. I have consistently resisted ever following, or even looking at the profiles of obvious IG thots and yet recently, because my IG account only follows a handful of others and runs out of content quickly, IG has been FILLING my feed with IG models. Not just one, not just a few, like a healthy amount of scrolling is required to get beyond them to other types of sponsored content.

I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I'm sure something I did or revealed has tagged me as "likely to find this content captivating" but I don't and I wish I could flag it as such. My best guess is that because I follow some "BRO" accounts (qualified captain, i70 things, etc) and happen to fall in gender/age pairing where that kind of content is a reliable draw, they'll keep trying.

I mostly maintain my account to follow hobbies and local businesses, but I'm about to shitcan it for the second or third time.

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by jasonlotito »

blackbear_ wrote: post #82
notShabu wrote: post #17

Instagram democratizes the mental illness that used to only affect child stars and the hollywood famous. Who people think we are is who we are because identity is a reflection, not an actual thing in reality (similar to colors not existing in reality). Having access to a extra mirrors at first creates a sense of control. You know your mom and dad won't give you a "non-distorted" reflection so the reflection from stra…

> Who people think we are is who we are May be true for extroverts, but as an introvert I don't give a cent about what random people think about me (which also explains why I do not use Instagram in the first place).

> I don't give a cent about what random people think about me

But you did post about it.

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by dylan604 »

mock-possum wrote: post #83

Wait - > We looked into the top 30 most popular apps people most want to delete in the United States by delving into regional search volumes for “delete” and “deactivate” apps/accounts by each state. They’re not going off of actual app deletion or account deactivation data… they’re going off of how often people search for how to do it? Here’s the thing - if I want to ‘delete Facebook’ then I’ll do it - there’s no sea…

>Here’s the thing - if I want to ‘delete Facebook’ then I’ll do it

stop to think about how many people in the world are not techy smart people and might need a reminder/refresher from time to time on how to delete an app. or maybe possibly, "delete an app" can mean something more like actually deleting their content from the platform and then deleting their account? but hey, they're technology illiterate anyways so who cares, right?

Edit: to remove the dang disapproved snark

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by 3np »

KaiserPro wrote: post #61

Instagram is a reflection of the stuff you click on. So long as you take that to heart, then you'll do fine. Make sure you flat out reject and ban anything you don't like (either use the ... or long press and say "I don't like this"). Make sure you turn off feed suggestions (they are the ones with the x in the top right) That'll stop Instagram injecting targeted, and stuff some poor IC has been forced to cram into yo…

> multiple accounts for different interests is also a good idea.

...Until a bunch of them get suspended without recourse because having more than one account as an individual violates their ToS. Don't ask me how I'd know...

Re: The apps that Americans search to “delete” the most

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Post by jjtheblunt »

I wonder if inability to hide "Reels" drives disdain.

I get forced Reels into the stream which are just creepy and sleazy, in no way personalized beyond narcissistic women making spectacles of themselves, targeted to me evidently since i'm male, since i loathe that.

Maybe loitering looking at them like "wtf?" is enough to perpetuate them?

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