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>“We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health” says Instagram’s CEO Hmm, nah. This isn’t a business decision any
by sharkweek 7y ago
>“We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health” says Instagram’s CEO
Hmm, nah. This isn’t a business decision any reasonable company would make on those grounds alone. It might be a part of it but I doubt it’s the most important thing.
I think what they’re seeing is people probably post more when the pressure of the total number of likes isn’t something to take into consideration. It will become far less “curated perfect photos” and instead be more slices of everyone’s life.
And when people post more, other people spend more time on the app because there is more content to consume, even when we roll our eyes as our buddy Chris posts the third photo of his toddler that day.
- eganist 7y ago> It will become far less “curated perfect photos” and instead be more slices of everyone’s life. It's just this, and for one simple reason: This is snapchat's area of success, and Facebook is doing whatever it can to cut into it. Stories in _literally_ every app they own is as good an indication as any. Disclosure: I'm speculatively long on snap
- mynegation 7y agoThere is some truth to it. I know several people who delete posts if they do not reach a specific level of likes within a given amount of time.
- Nextgrid 7y ago> This isn’t a business decision any reasonable company would make on those grounds alone Agreed. The decision is not because they care about people's well-being (otherwise they would kill off their entire product to begin with, or make more drastic changes that actually matter). The decision is because they want people to believe they care, as the parent company is under a lot of negative press lately.
- zebraflask 7y agoI think it's a very reasonable decision. Instagram's claim to to fame is the quality of its content.