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it's overrun with scammers and trolls. and of course, who could forget the "can't ever leave anything good alone" endless design tweaks, and the hamfisted shoe-
by slater 5y ago
it's overrun with scammers and trolls. and of course, who could forget the "can't ever leave anything good alone" endless design tweaks, and the hamfisted shoe-horning of whatever the other platforms are doing, oh and the algorithmic sorting instead of chronological sorting of the feed.
- pkdpic 5y agoThat's a pretty good list. I've also heard an increasing number of stories about concrete plagiarism instances with a power dynamic of, if you're established and have resources you can effectively coordinate some form of cease and desist, if you're unestablished you're in no position to stop others from using instagram as a free originality idea farm to cherry-pick from. Very much how it feels on there for me right now. I find myself super hesitant to post artworks I'm really excited about knowing that a large percentage of my IG artist peers have essentially unlimited time / resources (don't have to work for a living... sigh) and that there isn't really a strong distinction between plagiarizing something and being influenced by something when your brain is in doomscroll mode.