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

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Post by hbn »

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…

I'm currently taking applications for my upcoming invite-only social media platform, which is more successful than Instagram because there is zero search trends for how to deactivate your account on it.

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Post by sdwr »

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…

Beautiful!

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Post by culebron21 »

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…

Reading it more carefully, you can see the article consists of paragraphs with a number and word improvisation without any facts or trends whatsoever.

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

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Post by barrysteve »

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…

Very true.

There was a young woman highlighted by a popular youtuber for her odd behaviour in a gym recently. She was filming herself exercizing for views and dollars. The rough moment was when everyday gym guys walked past her. She felt pressured enough by their presence to accuse them of being creeps and mocked them on her video feed while complaining at the guys in person. The guys were doing normal gym chores ignoring her.

A young adult has gotten so far into the mental space of her social media job that she is hypersensitive to any attention, or the implication of attention, in real life.

Splitting a person's psyche into cyberspace and real life when your livelihood is on the line, is a real skill. Training healthy habits into full time workers could possibly help.

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Post by Zak »

jvm___ wrote: post #151
ncpa-cpl wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

All the ideas that the world will be perfect if you would just think thoughts like these... "manifest what you want from the world" and "think positive thoughts and everything will be ok" Is actually kind of true when you think about all the algorithms that run social media. If you only ever search for cats and scroll past anything political, the algorithms will learn what you like and feed you more cats. So, if you'…

Youtube occasionally, but regularly tries to show me culture war content even though I never watch it and usually tell it "don't recommend this".

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Post by yrdmb »

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.

It also democratizes the clout, power and protection that the hollywood famous have. Without social media harvey weinstein would not be in jail. A "relative nobody" wouldn't have been able to "out shout" and expose a media mogul like weinstein.

As with everything, there are positive and negative aspects.

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Post by bluefirebrand »

pb7 wrote: post #108
jasonlotito wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't give a cent about what random people think about me But you did post about it.

Not caring what people think doesn't mean he can't communicate with others. Introvert doesn't mean asocial.

However there is a certain kind of dissonance between deciding to publicly state "I don't care what you think" that sort of implies that they do care actually.

It seems to me that people who truly do not care would just not engage in the first place?

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Post by slg »

hbn wrote: post #161
slg wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I'm currently taking applications for my upcoming invite-only social media platform, which is more successful than Instagram because there is zero search trends for how to deactivate your account on it.

I didn't equate this metric with being more successful. In fact, it is closer to the opposite. Instagram is at the top of this list because they are more successful and have more users than several smaller social networks that have higher turnover.

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Post by hbn »

slg wrote: post #169
hbn wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm currently taking applications for my upcoming invite-only social media platform, which is more successful than Instagram because there is zero search trends for how to deactivate your account on it.

I didn't equate this metric with being more successful. In fact, it is closer to the opposite. Instagram is at the top of this list because they are more successful and have more users than several smaller social networks that have higher turnover.

I was agreeing with you
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