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The cross-posting and multiple accounts strategy is rampant on IG. I have two major hobbies (very unrelated), and very much the same there. It's kind of annoyi

The cross-posting and multiple accounts strategy is rampant on IG. I have two major hobbies (very unrelated), and very much the same there. It's kind of annoying, because in the end, there's no stylistic difference. So my IG feed gets bombarded with content from the same handful of people. Gets old real quick.

coldtea 8y ago
>The cross-posting and multiple accounts strategy is rampant on IG It's the same on YT.
- CGamesPlay 8y ago
  I have seen this on YT, but it's normally "CodysLab" and CodysBLab" or "VSauce" and "VSauce2" where it's very clear that the original channel and spinoff are related. Is this what you're talking about?
  - coldtea 8y ago
    Mostly influencers going on one another's channels and "cross-posting" their wares and people starting side businesses off of their initial channel.
RankingMember 8y ago
I have to think that what basically amounts to spam will bring about a quality vs quantity tipping point for the platform and ultimately cause people to abandon it if not mitigated.
- taude 8y ago
  I've been pretty aggressively unfollowing accounts in Instagram. I kind-of wish they'd create a "list" feature, but I'm OK with just cutting it down to my core group of friends. When I want to see the stuff of the influencers, other things I only need in small doses, I go to the search and look at hashtags or "videos I might like". Ideally, to me, my social network would be a small group of people I know and love.
ehnto 8y ago
I only have friends on my account, but I did follow what was clearly a "corporate" or entrepreneurial account once, and I simply can't imagine why anyone does it. It's not even virtue signalling, because no one else sees my feed, so the only benefit is that I gave this specific advertiser the unhampered use of my eyeballs. They may not be selling a specific company, but they're definitely advertisers. No thanks. I could never see why people thought IG or Twitter were so bad until that day, and I'm almost certain it's because they've followed a few corporate accounts and now all their friends are drowned out in the noise.

coldtea 8y ago

>The cross-posting and multiple accounts strategy is rampant on IG It's the same on YT.

CGamesPlay 8y ago
I have seen this on YT, but it's normally "CodysLab" and CodysBLab" or "VSauce" and "VSauce2" where it's very clear that the original channel and spinoff are related. Is this what you're talking about?
- coldtea 8y ago
  Mostly influencers going on one another's channels and "cross-posting" their wares and people starting side businesses off of their initial channel.

RankingMember 8y ago

I have to think that what basically amounts to spam will bring about a quality vs quantity tipping point for the platform and ultimately cause people to abandon it if not mitigated.

taude 8y ago
I've been pretty aggressively unfollowing accounts in Instagram. I kind-of wish they'd create a "list" feature, but I'm OK with just cutting it down to my core group of friends. When I want to see the stuff of the influencers, other things I only need in small doses, I go to the search and look at hashtags or "videos I might like". Ideally, to me, my social network would be a small group of people I know and love.

ehnto 8y ago

I only have friends on my account, but I did follow what was clearly a "corporate" or entrepreneurial account once, and I simply can't imagine why anyone does it. It's not even virtue signalling, because no one else sees my feed, so the only benefit is that I gave this specific advertiser the unhampered use of my eyeballs. They may not be selling a specific company, but they're definitely advertisers. No thanks. I could never see why people thought IG or Twitter were so bad until that day, and I'm almost certain it's because they've followed a few corporate accounts and now all their friends are drowned out in the noise.