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While the site is pretty cool I don't think it will convince anyone because it argues both from the perspective of someone who isn't on IG to people who aren't

by Spivak 3y ago

While the site is pretty cool I don't think it will convince anyone because it argues both from the perspective of someone who isn't on IG to people who aren't on IG. Nobody who's on IG actually thinks about IG like this. As crazy as it sounds to people on HN people seem to generally like the ads on IG. Stories are about posting and seeing what your friends are up to just like Snap stories, Reels are just IG posts but in TikTok format. This kind of content is dangerously close to "kids today and their rap music" or "it's those violent video games." If you want to persuade more than just my parents whose only experience with IG is what the nightly news says about it you have to show how my posting my vacation photos and scrolling through is bad for my mental health. Because it absolutely is but it doesn't touch on why in a way that's actually relatable to IG users.

pflenker 3y ago
> This kind of content is dangerously close to "kids today and their rap music" or "it's those violent video games." Agreed - several statements on this page seem to stem from disliking what Instagram does and favoring what it doesn’t, seemingly assuming that you should automatically agree to that world view. For instance, this site seems to argue against short reels and for long form videos. I for one find videos generally inaccessible, I seem to lack the necessary attention span, and reels or shorts are the only video format that works for me. My point being - neither is better than the other, and preferring one over the other, even as a platform, isn’t inherently bad, as this page seems to suggest.
waylandsmithers 3y ago
> "kids today and their rap music" I feel like teens are on other platforms? Many 30 and 40-somethings I know spend a ton of their idle time scrolling instagram, sharing reels with each other, and buying random stuff that pops up
- girvo 3y ago
  Gen Z (like actually in high school still) are on Instagram still, at least in Australia; they do use discord a huge amount, and TikTok obviously. This is what I’ve observed of the younger people in my online gaming group (Valorant Premier is a lot of fun, as an aside), but then that’s also likely got some selection bias.

by Spivak 3y ago

pflenker 3y ago

> This kind of content is dangerously close to "kids today and their rap music" or "it's those violent video games." Agreed - several statements on this page seem to stem from disliking what Instagram does and favoring what it doesn’t, seemingly assuming that you should automatically agree to that world view. For instance, this site seems to argue against short reels and for long form videos. I for one find videos generally inaccessible, I seem to lack the necessary attention span, and reels or shorts are the only video format that works for me. My point being - neither is better than the other, and preferring one over the other, even as a platform, isn’t inherently bad, as this page seems to suggest.

waylandsmithers 3y ago

> "kids today and their rap music" I feel like teens are on other platforms? Many 30 and 40-somethings I know spend a ton of their idle time scrolling instagram, sharing reels with each other, and buying random stuff that pops up

girvo 3y ago
Gen Z (like actually in high school still) are on Instagram still, at least in Australia; they do use discord a huge amount, and TikTok obviously. This is what I’ve observed of the younger people in my online gaming group (Valorant Premier is a lot of fun, as an aside), but then that’s also likely got some selection bias.