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It is not only Instagram to blame. It started with camera manufacturers marketing towards the semi-pro wannabe and GAS crowd, than moved towards semantic groups
by nbzso 5y ago
It is not only Instagram to blame. It started with camera manufacturers marketing towards the semi-pro wannabe and GAS crowd, than moved towards semantic groups in Flicker, than smartphones introduced computational exposure and easy way of taking photos and all of this culminated in Instagram Influencers and Filters.
The UX of Instagram is created by default to serve the normies as an outlet of vanity and virtue signaling.
The idea that social network has no option of uploading from desktop (unless using webdev browser mode) is absurd and clear design dark pattern.
- yoz-y 5y agoWhat is a GAS crowd? My search yielded nothing.
- detaro 5y ago"Gear Acquisition Syndrome", people chasing more gear and obsessed with what equipment is better than others, ...
- alvarlagerlof 5y agoI ended up using services to upload from my computer in the end.
- GreenWatermelon 5y agoSometimes I wonder what goes in the minds of the devs who knowingly work on these User-hostile features. Project managers are one thing, but don't you have the integrity to refuse to work on such things?
- nbzso 5y agoNothing. Just another day in the office and collecting the paycheck. It is the same for NSA intrusion teams and countless entrepreneurs, as someone recently shared here "The world is big and complicated".