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Not using Instagram or WhatsApp in 2023 comes with significant social costs.

• andyferris 3y ago
  … not using instagram has social costs? (I lived in a place where WhatsApp is ubiquitous, but honestly I don’t even know if I know someone who uses instagram and it’s certainly not used socially meaning with people I socialise face-to-face)
  • sneak 3y ago
    Instagram is the default DM platform for young adults in my experience. When I meet new people in non-business contexts they always ask for my IG username (which I of course don’t have).
    • sime2009 3y ago
      Where in the world is this?
      • sneak 3y ago
        In major cities in the US.
  • johnchristopher 3y ago
    Depends where you live. Brazil is not Japan.
  • kredd 3y ago
    In non-WhatsApp ubiquitous places, “what’s your IG?” is the standard when you meet someone in the wild. You can always go with “oh, just WhatsApp me!”, but then again you’re still on Meta. I’m talking about age range till like 35ish, probably. Also, significant chunk of people don’t use Instagram/Facebook for posts, but just like another messaging app. I basically have my notifications enabled for DMs, and not that interested in content scrolling.
• tjpnz 3y ago
  Maybe if you're a teenager or in your early twenties, and dependent on where you live. But as a thirty-something year old my social life is doing just fine without Fuckerberg and his dumb apps.