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Social pressure to be on instagram seems to be growing. For years I could get by with facebook, and my phone number / whatsapp for close enough friends. I'm now
by dao- 8y ago
Social pressure to be on instagram seems to be growing. For years I could get by with facebook, and my phone number / whatsapp for close enough friends. I'm now on instagram after a bunch of people I met independently in Berlin, Amsterdam and San Francisco in the last few weeks expected me to have an account there. I told the youtube UX person who I met in SF that I noticed this trend and don't fully understand it, and her response was that instagram is just how you write messages these days, as if this was totally obvious and not a side feature of instagram.
- drb91 8y ago> instagram is just how you write messages these days, as if this was totally obvious and not a side feature of instagram. At times, I just give up on my ability to participate in society because of shit like this.
- Aco- 8y agosame
- gaurgo 8y agoIf you have a message to get across, that's where the eyeballs are
- drb91 8y agoWhat if I just want to hang out with my friends? It’s easiest when everyone actually uses the same thing—people literally complain if I text them. The result is I lose touch with people because it’s exhausting keeping track of all the places my friends are.