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Post by 10729287 »

JAlexoid wrote: post #128
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…

I'm sorry, but this sounds like a lot of pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo... with a lot of condescending undertones. Instagram is by far the least horrible of social media platforms. It doesn't drag you into comments wars or allows you to repost things easily.

And for a good reason, Instagram just need you to post your emoji and scroll down to the next ad.

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Post by xwolfi »

jstarfish wrote: post #182
ncpa-cpl wrote: post #92

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> 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 t…

> 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. In the 4 months I dabbled with Instagram, I was shocked by how toxic and outright false the pop psychology memes were. They were stereotypical, frequently backwards, and deliberately misapplied. And all of that is before the cluster-B LARPing. "Your partner won't…

It's funny, I am married with a child, do my best and my wife too, but sometimes she gets dragged into meme-expectation that take her a long time to recover from. I cant see nor understand much of the source of these: Im an immigrant and I cant read her native language, and I dont know if it s a girl thing or if it's actually me not fitting reasonable expectations, but damn I wished everyone could look at their own relationship without trying to copy the appearance of others.

What seems to help is when an idolized version of relationship is suddenly broken into pieces and you discover your model was actually completely miserable and whatever you expected became trivial relative to that.

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Post by xherberta »

xherberta wrote: post #241
ncpa-cpl wrote: post #92

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> 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 t…

Observe how this amounts to crime. The platform has motive: -newly single users attract more views -newly single users are worth more to advertisers because they’re likely to spend on appearance, travel, new hobbies, and big ticket items formerly shared with a partner. The platform also has opportunity because it has data on exactly what content has highest probability of nudging a particular user to break up. (Perha…

Crime as in algo crime; there are not humans pulling a lever labeled “trash this relationship.”

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Post by onetokeoverthe »

ncpa-cpl wrote: post #92
neura wrote: post #67

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"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 t…

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

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Post by jonnycomputer »

slg wrote: post #105
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…

They are also counting absolute numbers instead of numbers relative to the size of the social network. That means the bigger ones will generally be higher. Instagram seems to be about 5 times the size of Snap but only has roughly 3 times the number of people seeking to leave the platform. That means relatively people are seeking to leave Snap more than Instagram. Honestly this isn't a very good article and seems to j…

This, 100%. This is like saying, white is the number one color of paper people crumple up and throw away. So?

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Post by nailer »

thiht wrote: post #267
nailer wrote: post #264

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> It's long-game triangulation, which is little more than domestic violence perpetrated by the other partner. No. Domestic violence is domestic violence. “Long game triangulation” is manipulative behaviour. It is not domestic violence. Domestic violence is having your mother beat your skull with one of those maglite baton torches the police use. Saying things that aren’t violence are violence is exactly the kind of a…

Domestic violence is more than one thing, and it includes psychological abuse. Not all violence is physical.

No, domestic violence is only one thing, that thing is domestic violence. All violence is physical. Other forms of abuse that are not physical are not violence.

If we have a verbal confrontation one of us has hurt feelings. If it turns violent, there is actual violence. Words have meanings.

You can care about other types of abuse. You should care about other types of abuse.

But claiming things that aren’t violent are violent steals resources - not just awareness but potentially money, police time and medical attention from victims of domestic violence.

This is massively wrong at best and evil at worst.

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Post by aprilnya »

tpowell wrote: post #47
cmh89 wrote: post #35

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Can you recommend that app to block non-essential apps? I reflexively open stuff on my phone

It’s not cheap (like $99 annually) but I’ve gained a ton of time back with Opal. I think this is a referral link, but I’ve already paid for it. Founders are young, out of Paris. https://link.opal.so/D3ttGLGSF9xGFNVj7

That’s double what I pay for ProtonMail…

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Post by thiht »

nailer wrote: post #276
thiht wrote: post #267

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Domestic violence is more than one thing, and it includes psychological abuse. Not all violence is physical.

No, domestic violence is only one thing, that thing is domestic violence. All violence is physical. Other forms of abuse that are not physical are not violence. If we have a verbal confrontation one of us has hurt feelings. If it turns violent, there is actual violence. Words have meanings. You can care about other types of abuse. You should care about other types of abuse. But claiming things that aren’t violent are…

> Words have meanings.

Yes. Here's the meaning of "domestic violence" according to some authoritative sources:

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https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/what-is-domestic-abuse

> Domestic abuse, also called "domestic violence" [...]. Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.

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https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-ag...

> Intimate partner violence refers to behaviour by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours

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https://www.justice.gov/ovw/domestic-violence

> Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological, or technological actions or threats of actions or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence

> It can assume multiple forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, or sexual abuse.

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Post by nailer »

thiht wrote: post #278
nailer wrote: post #276

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, domestic violence is only one thing, that thing is domestic violence. All violence is physical. Other forms of abuse that are not physical are not violence. If we have a verbal confrontation one of us has hurt feelings. If it turns violent, there is actual violence. Words have meanings. You can care about other types of abuse. You should care about other types of abuse. But claiming things that aren’t violent are…

> Words have meanings. Yes. Here's the meaning of "domestic violence" according to some authoritative sources: - - - https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/what-is-domestic-abuse > Domestic abuse, also called "domestic violence" [...]. Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. - - - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-…

Yes. The misuse of terms you've shown is exactly the concern I and other victims of domestic violence have.

Meanwhile, here the Oxford English Dictionary:

    violence, n.

    1. a. The exercise of physical force so as to inflict injury on, or cause damage to, persons or property; action or conduct characterized by this; treatment or usage tending to cause bodily injury or forcibly interfering with personal freedom.
You are indirectly supporting domestic violence by manipulating the definition of violence to include non-violent offences.

(separately: Wikipedia is not a source at all, let alone an authoritative one)

Again, since you didn't address this: claiming things that aren’t violent are violent steals resources - not just awareness but potentially money, police time and medical attention from victims of domestic violence.

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Post by MF-DOOM »

Seems like the article fails to realize that the more popular an application is, the more likely it is to be deleted. Which is a very basic assumption to make.

Also, it might be with something with how hard it is to uninstall the app in a specific platform. For example - I actually didn’t have a “delete” button for the Facebook app on my previous phone. This might popularize the search term significantly.

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