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Instagram Is Over

16 points by busymom0 2y ago

Longhanks 2y ago
What a giant click bait lie. Instagram is far from over. Sure, there's TikTok now aswell, but I've yet to see Instagram get to the "no longer cool/now unnecessary" status like Facebook. At least in those social circles that I frequent, both for private users as for influencers.
- tensor 2y ago
  In the EDM world a ton of venues still only publish their schedule via insta.
mattpavelle 2y ago
8 month old article but here is the archive link: https://archive.is/lYheS https://archive.is/lYheS
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- 5555624 2y ago
  It's from November 2022, not 2023/
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fredski42 2y ago
Enshittification in progress
warner25 2y ago
This line captures a lot more than just the situation with Instagram... > ...watching the app contort itself into a TikTok copycat that prioritized video and recommended posts over photos from friends... That seems to describe, like, the entire web in the 2020s. I feel like I'm going to be sick just thinking about it. I used to yearn for the "old web" with pages of thoughtful text and a few of the most interesting and relevant photos (I mean, I still do, but I realize that it's largely not coming back). I never thought I'd be yearning for the "old web" of 2010s social networking sites with nothing but photos and captions full of emojis instead of proper punctuation, but here I am. I can't get over how everyone just seems to be watching TV on their "phones" now. Everywhere I go near other humans, I'm listening to half a dozen different videos playing out loud on different phones near me. My Boomer parents and even my own Millenial wife probably watch several hours of suggested Reels or Stories or Shorts or whatever they're called every day. I'm only 37, but I'm feeling like a dinosaur here. How does this end?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
  > watch several hours of suggested Reels or Stories or Shorts or whatever they're called every day I both see this in others and am victim to it my myself. It's just about perfect as a distraction: short, succinct, varied. I think it'll get worse before it gets better.
TheCleric 2y ago
2022
hackerbeat 2y ago
I’m sure Systrom regrets his sale every day. Just like Koum does. And Palmer. And everyone else betrayed by Zuck.
grass_522 2y ago
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16 points by busymom0 2y ago

What a giant click bait lie. Instagram is far from over. Sure, there's TikTok now aswell, but I've yet to see Instagram get to the "no longer cool/now unnecessary" status like Facebook. At least in those social circles that I frequent, both for private users as for influencers.

tensor 2y ago
In the EDM world a ton of venues still only publish their schedule via insta.

mattpavelle 2y ago

8 month old article but here is the archive link: https://archive.is/lYheS https://archive.is/lYheS

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5555624 2y ago
It's from November 2022, not 2023/

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fredski42 2y ago

Enshittification in progress

warner25 2y ago

This line captures a lot more than just the situation with Instagram... > ...watching the app contort itself into a TikTok copycat that prioritized video and recommended posts over photos from friends... That seems to describe, like, the entire web in the 2020s. I feel like I'm going to be sick just thinking about it. I used to yearn for the "old web" with pages of thoughtful text and a few of the most interesting and relevant photos (I mean, I still do, but I realize that it's largely not coming back). I never thought I'd be yearning for the "old web" of 2010s social networking sites with nothing but photos and captions full of emojis instead of proper punctuation, but here I am. I can't get over how everyone just seems to be watching TV on their "phones" now. Everywhere I go near other humans, I'm listening to half a dozen different videos playing out loud on different phones near me. My Boomer parents and even my own Millenial wife probably watch several hours of suggested Reels or Stories or Shorts or whatever they're called every day. I'm only 37, but I'm feeling like a dinosaur here. How does this end?

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
> watch several hours of suggested Reels or Stories or Shorts or whatever they're called every day I both see this in others and am victim to it my myself. It's just about perfect as a distraction: short, succinct, varied. I think it'll get worse before it gets better.

TheCleric 2y ago

2022

hackerbeat 2y ago

I’m sure Systrom regrets his sale every day. Just like Koum does. And Palmer. And everyone else betrayed by Zuck.

grass_522 2y ago

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