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https://restofworld.org/2021/instagram-and-class-in-india/ https://restofworld.org/2021/instagram-and-class-in-india/ read this. now, i have family members wh

https://restofworld.org/2021/instagram-and-class-in-india/ https://restofworld.org/2021/instagram-and-class-in-india/ read this. now, i have family members who are "glued" to their "insta". constantly swiping up, laughing, "see this, see this", meh, "oh cool, nice", sharing on whatspp. rinse and repeat. i don't know how that feels like. i personally do not use whatsapp or telegram so i am somewhat shielded by the whole sharing culture. neither i use instagram or facebook for some reason. i'd rather spend my time window shopping on libby, granted that is becoming a small minority but still... the amount of absurd BS peddled on instagram and tiktok is staggering. like you have endless supply of videos sharing health benefits of ginger and for the next week your family tells you about ginger and balding, weight loss, weight gain, kidney stones, heart health, brain power, on and on. next week its chia seeds, then nigela seeds. There was a time i hear when astrology was seen as harmless, now, not so much because your insta astrologer can make you do stupid stuff for "cosmic alignment" and its all like farming. i have a question. When discussion on peertube comes up, "creators" cry "well, youtube gives me ad revenue so why bother" but those same people and more than them spend considerable time on instagram and tiktok without any cash earnings so why is that acceptable that time ?

vasco 5y ago
You're on hacker news which is really just instagram for people who like startup cosplay. Most of the internet is a waste of time but at least things are written forever and the global consciousness moves faster together as one. If that's through Instagram or Wikipedia who cares.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  ok point taken but that was about me. instagram imo is ephemerial, tiktok more so. same as whatsapp. you need fresh content to keep the machine churning. people don't usually spend time rewatching old stuff, or do they?
selimthegrim 5y ago
I thought people (Kashmiri Muslims) thought astrology was haram?
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  that is "haram" by all means. i'm not advocating it, i was making a point. that's all.we don't have newspapers publishing the horoscope or something or palmists on roadside willing to read your hand for a sum. that thing is properly not practised in the masses. i was saying, the "internet" with all it s good because of lack of proper education, people are warming up to ideas that they should not. take the example of online gambling. people bet like anything today. we have dozens of "he won 1 crore today, wish i had won the same. let me try to do this tomorrow". the argument is, "well, no money is changing hands. we are not handing out money with our hands. that is haram. this is just taking money from our accounts and getting back some. we aren't touching anything".. i have genuinely heard this argument the other day and my mind was blown at that time. my point is, people are milking the gullible for profit and justifying it.
  - selimthegrim 5y ago
    I mean sure, my family used to do “fal nikaalna” with Divan-e-Hafiz, I was just surprised to hear about dissemination via TikTok of such things
    - 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
      i had to look that one up.... that.. i had not heard that one before
  - selimthegrim 5y ago
    >"well, no money is changing hands. we are not handing out money with our hands. that is haram. this is just taking money from our accounts and getting back some. we aren't touching anything" You’re right I needed to sit down for that one.
    - 5y ago

vasco 5y ago

You're on hacker news which is really just instagram for people who like startup cosplay. Most of the internet is a waste of time but at least things are written forever and the global consciousness moves faster together as one. If that's through Instagram or Wikipedia who cares.

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
ok point taken but that was about me. instagram imo is ephemerial, tiktok more so. same as whatsapp. you need fresh content to keep the machine churning. people don't usually spend time rewatching old stuff, or do they?

selimthegrim 5y ago

I thought people (Kashmiri Muslims) thought astrology was haram?

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
that is "haram" by all means. i'm not advocating it, i was making a point. that's all.we don't have newspapers publishing the horoscope or something or palmists on roadside willing to read your hand for a sum. that thing is properly not practised in the masses. i was saying, the "internet" with all it s good because of lack of proper education, people are warming up to ideas that they should not. take the example of online gambling. people bet like anything today. we have dozens of "he won 1 crore today, wish i had won the same. let me try to do this tomorrow". the argument is, "well, no money is changing hands. we are not handing out money with our hands. that is haram. this is just taking money from our accounts and getting back some. we aren't touching anything".. i have genuinely heard this argument the other day and my mind was blown at that time. my point is, people are milking the gullible for profit and justifying it.
- selimthegrim 5y ago
  I mean sure, my family used to do “fal nikaalna” with Divan-e-Hafiz, I was just surprised to hear about dissemination via TikTok of such things
  - 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
    i had to look that one up.... that.. i had not heard that one before
- selimthegrim 5y ago
  >"well, no money is changing hands. we are not handing out money with our hands. that is haram. this is just taking money from our accounts and getting back some. we aren't touching anything" You’re right I needed to sit down for that one.
  - 5y ago