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Instagram, a place where I used to share pictures with my close friends and family. Now, useless ads and inappropriate posts from random kids I have zero inter

Instagram, a place where I used to share pictures with my close friends and family. Now, useless ads and inappropriate posts from random kids I have zero interest in seeing.

kevinventullo 5y ago
I don’t understand, are you following random kids you have no interest in seeing?
- travoc 5y ago
  Have you ever scrolled past the tiny “view older posts” link?
  - heartbreak 5y ago
    Yeah, that’s where I end up in a sea of wildlife photography.
    - baby 5y ago
      I think that’s only when you have a new account and you don’t follow many people?
      - heartbreak 5y ago
        I follow a bunch of wildlife photographers.
- Crash0v3rid3 5y ago
  No, I don’t follow these people. Once I view all the new content from the people I follow, Instagram starts showing me posts from people I’ve never seen before.
  - jcims 5y ago
    Are you using the app or browser? I just use Safari on iOS and I only follow my two kids and I just go back years of posts and there’s nothing from strangers on there.
    - Crash0v3rid3 5y ago
      I’m using the app on iOS if that makes a difference…
      - otachack 5y ago
        It does! The native apps show a plethora of ads while the web app shows nothing. Crazy interesting but I imagine most users use the app.
        makeitdouble 5y ago
        Can’t it be because of ad-blocking ?
      - tshaddox 5y ago
        You might be using one of those tabs that I never go to. The leftmost tab with the home icon only shows posts from people you follow (and ads).
        mech4bg 5y ago
        That’s not true. It forces reels on you now (maybe feature flagged?), all kinds of random people you don’t follow. Instagram has become a hot mess.
    - ehnto 5y ago
      How long has it been since you updated the app? It used to work that way, but they changed it. It was a really disappointing shift. If you have a pending update from ~last year, don't update until you have to. I only get a few new posts from friends each day, so it's three scrolls and bam, random accounts and content ads. To see old posts from your friends, you have to click a button that says "See archived posts" after the last new post by a friend, but before the inserted ads and strangers.
dghughes 5y ago
Kind of like reddit or YouTube when you're not singed in. The amount of garbage takes your breath away. Neither is not great anyway but then you find it can be worse.

Instagram, a place where I used to share pictures with my close friends and family. Now, useless ads and inappropriate posts from random kids I have zero interest in seeing.

kevinventullo 5y ago

I don’t understand, are you following random kids you have no interest in seeing?

travoc 5y ago
Have you ever scrolled past the tiny “view older posts” link?
- heartbreak 5y ago
  Yeah, that’s where I end up in a sea of wildlife photography.
  - baby 5y ago
    I think that’s only when you have a new account and you don’t follow many people?
    - heartbreak 5y ago
      I follow a bunch of wildlife photographers.
Crash0v3rid3 5y ago
No, I don’t follow these people. Once I view all the new content from the people I follow, Instagram starts showing me posts from people I’ve never seen before.
- jcims 5y ago
  Are you using the app or browser? I just use Safari on iOS and I only follow my two kids and I just go back years of posts and there’s nothing from strangers on there.
  - Crash0v3rid3 5y ago
    I’m using the app on iOS if that makes a difference…
    - otachack 5y ago
      It does! The native apps show a plethora of ads while the web app shows nothing. Crazy interesting but I imagine most users use the app.
      - makeitdouble 5y ago
        Can’t it be because of ad-blocking ?
    - tshaddox 5y ago
      You might be using one of those tabs that I never go to. The leftmost tab with the home icon only shows posts from people you follow (and ads).
      - mech4bg 5y ago
        That’s not true. It forces reels on you now (maybe feature flagged?), all kinds of random people you don’t follow. Instagram has become a hot mess.
  - ehnto 5y ago
    How long has it been since you updated the app? It used to work that way, but they changed it. It was a really disappointing shift. If you have a pending update from ~last year, don't update until you have to. I only get a few new posts from friends each day, so it's three scrolls and bam, random accounts and content ads. To see old posts from your friends, you have to click a button that says "See archived posts" after the last new post by a friend, but before the inserted ads and strangers.

dghughes 5y ago

Kind of like reddit or YouTube when you're not singed in. The amount of garbage takes your breath away. Neither is not great anyway but then you find it can be worse.