I've noticed this as well. I stopped doing any engagement on Facebook and switched to Instagram (you don't need to tell me about who owns Instagram, I already k

I've noticed this as well. I stopped doing any engagement on Facebook and switched to Instagram (you don't need to tell me about who owns Instagram, I already know) a years ago and really loved it. I do mostly post to Stories because I had been using Snapchat as well and Stories filled the Snapchat void but for a bigger audience (my Snapchats were never private or R Rated, just the normal stuff people post to Instagram stories), and because I perpetually feel like my stuff isn't good enough/important enough to post to main Instagram. I feel like people can click and watch my stories if they want, and I don't spam their feeds with regular Instagram photos. Back to the current state of Instagram. People are nonstop posting stories that are just Twitter screenshots, or walls of text, or both. You can click through 20 of someone's stories and it's all just text. I was never under any illusion that people posting perfect lives using certain brands on Instagram were legitimate and so that's not new or disillusioning. I largely ignore that and even de-rate brands I see on Instagram stories/photos mentally. Other people on these comments posted about this, but largely that's just rose tinted glasses, "viral" or sponsored advertisements in photos to make it not look like it's an advertisement has been happening since insta-time immemorial. But, all the text I'm seeing, that's a major change and it's very annoying.