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I think that's an excellent point. Social media fatigue seems at its peak in this time of transition, further accelerated by the COVID era. People are becoming

I think that's an excellent point. Social media fatigue seems at its peak in this time of transition, further accelerated by the COVID era. People are becoming aware of their over-usage and the largely minimal or even negative benefits that come from social media altogether. Or just bored and indifferent about it. The fatigue is further strengthened when they soon learn that the alternatives are worse or at best just moving the problem. I'd advocate for people to stop rather than cheer for any new potential winner. Just uninstall the app and walk away. It was all a lie anyway. You're not in a "community". You do not actually have followers. You did not learn anything new that you couldn't learn elsewhere. They are lies we tell ourselves as we play the slot machine. Throw it in the trash.

AmericanChopper 3y ago
I’m so unable to relate to perspectives like this on social media. I have Insta and my connections on there are almost entirely my real friends, we all post stuff we’re actually doing in our lives, and send messages to each other, etc… as in, we actually use it for socialising. I follow a small handful of celebrity accounts, and browse reels occasionally, but the main reason I like using it is to interact with my friends.
- Eisenstein 3y ago
  That isn't 'social media', that is a friend network utilizing a social media network already in place as a communications device.
  - AmericanChopper 3y ago
    This seems like a very peculiar attempt at gate keeping to me. It’s a social network application that we use to share the content that we’ve created with each other. That’s what social media is, and the use case I’m describing is basically what it was initially created for.
    - aydyn 3y ago
      No they're right. If all you're doing is keeping up with a tight-nit group of friends, you could use a million other services. Group SMS, I-message, discord, Hangouts, even plain old email. Obviously there's a a key difference between instagram and all those others services I just mentioned and I posit that common difference is why you're using instagram instead. What is it?
      - ghaff 3y ago
        The mechanics of something like Facebook are that you have your “friends” and people can engage as much or as little as they like or dip in and out. I find I’ll occasionally post something that relates to overlapping friends circles but people can easily ignore stuff that doesn’t really involve them. It’s a very different model from a much more deliberate mailing list or SMS chat. I do have some group chats and email threads but there’s a broader that extends beyond that which social media apps can be useful for.
      - AmericanChopper 3y ago
        > Obviously there's a a key difference between instagram and all those others services I just mentioned and I posit that common difference is why you're using instagram instead. What is it? It’s the media bit… Insta is created to share pictures and videos with your _own_ selection of followers. You couldn’t do that in WhatsApp without creating some horrific cartesian product of different groups chats for every node on your social graph. Even then the UX is designed around messaging, not as a content repository. This has to be one of the most asinine takes I’ve ever seen.
        freeopinion 3y ago
        I think it is a good question. You can share media like pictures and videos over email. You offer a bit of insight about using something as a content repository. That's an interesting take. I appreciate the question and the thought process it invites. I'm also glad you added your insight in response.
        aydyn 3y ago
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- spacebear 3y ago
  That’s how I used Instagram in the first half of the 2010s. It seemed like the app was designed for that use case back then. Now it seems like it’s designed primarily for watching ads, so I text my friends instead.

AmericanChopper 3y ago

I’m so unable to relate to perspectives like this on social media. I have Insta and my connections on there are almost entirely my real friends, we all post stuff we’re actually doing in our lives, and send messages to each other, etc… as in, we actually use it for socialising. I follow a small handful of celebrity accounts, and browse reels occasionally, but the main reason I like using it is to interact with my friends.

Eisenstein 3y ago
That isn't 'social media', that is a friend network utilizing a social media network already in place as a communications device.
- AmericanChopper 3y ago
  This seems like a very peculiar attempt at gate keeping to me. It’s a social network application that we use to share the content that we’ve created with each other. That’s what social media is, and the use case I’m describing is basically what it was initially created for.
  - aydyn 3y ago
    No they're right. If all you're doing is keeping up with a tight-nit group of friends, you could use a million other services. Group SMS, I-message, discord, Hangouts, even plain old email. Obviously there's a a key difference between instagram and all those others services I just mentioned and I posit that common difference is why you're using instagram instead. What is it?
    - ghaff 3y ago
      The mechanics of something like Facebook are that you have your “friends” and people can engage as much or as little as they like or dip in and out. I find I’ll occasionally post something that relates to overlapping friends circles but people can easily ignore stuff that doesn’t really involve them. It’s a very different model from a much more deliberate mailing list or SMS chat. I do have some group chats and email threads but there’s a broader that extends beyond that which social media apps can be useful for.
    - AmericanChopper 3y ago
      > Obviously there's a a key difference between instagram and all those others services I just mentioned and I posit that common difference is why you're using instagram instead. What is it? It’s the media bit… Insta is created to share pictures and videos with your _own_ selection of followers. You couldn’t do that in WhatsApp without creating some horrific cartesian product of different groups chats for every node on your social graph. Even then the UX is designed around messaging, not as a content repository. This has to be one of the most asinine takes I’ve ever seen.
      - freeopinion 3y ago
        I think it is a good question. You can share media like pictures and videos over email. You offer a bit of insight about using something as a content repository. That's an interesting take. I appreciate the question and the thought process it invites. I'm also glad you added your insight in response.
      - aydyn 3y ago
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spacebear 3y ago
That’s how I used Instagram in the first half of the 2010s. It seemed like the app was designed for that use case back then. Now it seems like it’s designed primarily for watching ads, so I text my friends instead.