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I get a lot of positive experiences an connections out of both Instagram and Facebook. I use them solely for hobby purposes though. I’m part or the largest Dan
by moksly 5y ago
I get a lot of positive experiences an connections out of both Instagram and Facebook. I use them solely for hobby purposes though.
I’m part or the largest Danish Blood Bowl 2 league and it’s all organised through Facebook. So is almost all our table top tournaments, and it’s really an wonderful community, even when you branch out into the warhammer general community in Denmark. I use Instagram solely for painting miniatures, finding inspiration, sharing experiences and connecting with other people to learn from or teach them tips and tricks.
This is all very anecdotal of course, but I think SoMe is just what you use it for. I share your worry, but I wonder if we’d get rid of the pressurised competitive society without the platforms, or they just made that part of modern western society very easy to share.
I do wonder why people post pictures of themselves, or why people look at them. I get that there are a lot of beautiful people on platforms like Instagram, but there are so many that you sort of expect them to drown each other out. I don’t get it at least, but for hobby and creative purposes, I do think these platforms are kind of great.
- headmelted 5y agoI can respect this, but then is it the case that SoMe is adding value to the community, or that you've just found a positive community that happens to use that service to communicate? What I mean by that is, if your community was in touch via some other platform would it still be the same positive community? (My guess is, yes it would - but maybe there's some specific value from these tools that I don't see).