I feel like this would be 100 times cooler if it was a fake “feed” scroll with posts that are made to mirror the techniques and dark patterns they abuse to keep you hooked.
That is a fantastic idea!
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#22I cringed when Zuckerberg said "We want Reels to be the best place for creators to connect with their community and make a living" in the press.
Did you even ask creators?
Creators don't want that BS. Creators want their work to be seen in the format that is best suited to their work. Not all art forms lend themselves to short, low-res videos.
Reels and the idiotic algorithmic prioritization of Reels over still images destroyed the storefronts of thousands who depended on still images to sell themselves.
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#23Easy to criticize, much more difficult to provide solutions
> solutions
What problem is Instagram solving?
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#24It looks like you're using a demo font, so it's missing some characters and is probably in violating of its license. Karla is a free font that's somewhat similar to the design of Meta's corporate font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Karla
Might this use be protected and allowed since this is a parody?
I don’t think so because the critique is not of the font. Something like Times Newer Roman[0] might fall into that category?
(Fair use is notoriously misunderstood, and I am no exception.)
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#25IMO it is not about social media influencing the youngs' culture, but in contract, just welly-designed products that fit most of their target audiences' needs.
The world is constantly changing and each generation is special and different.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Might this use be protected and allowed since this is a parody?
I don’t think so because the critique is not of the font. Something like Times Newer Roman[0] might fall into that category? (Fair use is notoriously misunderstood, and I am no exception.) [0]: https://timesnewerroman.com/
Is that really legal?
Seems that they are using Time News Roman's glyphs.
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#27The app download link at the bottom is to the Spanish app store
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#28Easy to criticize, much more difficult to provide solutions
> solutions What problem is Instagram solving?
For one, artists and photographers use Instagram to promote their work. The viral nature of social media makes it a lot easier for posts to get traction compared to, say, having to go through making your own portfolio site and then having to do website SEO etc.
Maybe this doesn't bother the more technically minded, but as an artist you just want to get eyeballs on your art and any hurdle between you and that is taking time away from what you actually want to do.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> solutions What problem is Instagram solving?
For one, artists and photographers use Instagram to promote their work. The viral nature of social media makes it a lot easier for posts to get traction compared to, say, having to go through making your own portfolio site and then having to do website SEO etc. Maybe this doesn't bother the more technically minded, but as an artist you just want to get eyeballs on your art and any hurdle between you and that is takin…
The use case for photographers seems like a side effect of Instagram's popularity, not the problem they wake up every day trying to solve.
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#30Cute, but I think that people who are addicted to Instagram are probably aware of and immune to this kind of argument, which means it ends up being for people who are already resistant to Instagram. Which is to say, it's not going to change anybody's mind. Hope I'm wrong.