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This is why I removed myself from every social media site within the last few years. Instagram is the only one that sticks around for business purposes, and eve
by overcast 9y ago
This is why I removed myself from every social media site within the last few years. Instagram is the only one that sticks around for business purposes, and even that is very addicting. I've setup comment section blocking plugins on all browsers. And I've turned off ALL notifications, except for incoming phone calls on my phone. The smartphone, while an amazing and life changing invention, will be the death of us. Too much constant consumption.
All these applications do is show you the very best slices of everyone's lives. When added up, it makes it appear everyone is living the greatest lives ever, and makes yours seem mundane at best.
- doubleplusgood 9y agoAbsolutely agree with this, I've come to realize I was addicted to the feed. It took, and still does, a significant effort to control the effect (mostly by regulating access on a scheduled basis).
- h1e2l3l4o 9y agoJust as an aside. I discovered recently that Instagram's web interface (at least on mobile) allows you to upload images. It's a pretty basic offering, but it suits my needs and I've unistalled the app as a result.
- overcast 9y agoUnfortunately I need to stay on the app itself quite a bit, respond to queries etc. A bit of a side marketing/promotion business that is taking off.
- joelrunyon 9y agoDo you have instructions on this? I've never seen it before + can't reproduce it?
- h1e2l3l4o 9y agoHere's what I see when I'm logged into their website on IOS The camera icon in the centre (much like the app) is what you tap to start the process of uploading your image. https://postimg.org/gallery/ctpt4i50/ https://postimg.org/gallery/ctpt4i50/
- p1esk 9y agoIronic. You're using a social media site right now.
- zorak 9y agoMay I ask how you are defining 'social network'? I'm guessing you and op have different pictures in your heads about what makes a social network, as opposed to a simple forum.
- p1esk 9y agoA social network site is a site where you go to interact with other people.
- dwaltrip 9y agoYour definition glosses over important distinctions between different kinds of "sites where people interact".
- p1esk 9y agoAny definition will suffer from it because on any single site different people interact differently.
- dwaltrip 9y agoYet there are still meaningful distinctions that can be made. For examples, it is easy to identify very key differences between Facebook and HN.
- p1esk 9y agoI mostly use Facebook to look at the recent submissions in the Deep Learning group. I mostly come to HN for SV gossip, and to stroke my ego. Perhaps instead of trying to see the differences, you should look for similarities. For example, how addictive is the site?