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Instagram or WhatsApp are absolutely critical for daily functioning in certain circles of humanity.

jachee 1y ago
Yeah, but facebook^WMeta didn’t develop those… they bought them to stifle competition.
splatter9859 1y ago
WhatsApp I can buy due to the communication factor, but Instagram you're really going to have to sell me on fitting into the category of 'critical for daily functioning'. Instagram. Critical to life. Naah.
- xeromal 1y ago
  I kind of agree but a lot of modern american small businesses run completely on facebook. At least in the 4wheeling community they do
crossroadsguy 1y ago
WhatsApp. Instagram not really. WhatsApp has unfortunately become "official" (not in a figure of speech) mode of communication in certain countries, one of which has more than a billion people in it.
- SchemaLoad 1y ago
  Depends on who you are. Quite a lot of careers require you to market yourself on social media now. You can hate Meta with a passion but acknowledge that you still have to reach customers who are on Instagram.
  - crossroadsguy 1y ago
    Well, what you are pointing out sounds like a role “Influencers needed”. So that’s obvious.
- input_sh 1y ago
  Instagram as well absolutely. There's all sorts of "small business owners" whose entire existence is conducted via an Instagram account and DMs, the same way there were entire businesses that operated via Facebook pages in the past.
  - Aurornis 1y ago
    It’s interesting to see how out of the loop many HN commenters are on social media. Any teenager or even occasional social media using adult could confirm that Instagram is a hotbed for business operations and marketing for many business. I barely use it myself but this is plainly obvious. The number of overly confident yet entirely incorrect comments about how other people use WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook from people who obviously aren’t familiar with this platforms is interesting.

Yeah, but facebook^WMeta didn’t develop those… they bought them to stifle competition.

WhatsApp I can buy due to the communication factor, but Instagram you're really going to have to sell me on fitting into the category of 'critical for daily functioning'. Instagram. Critical to life. Naah.

xeromal 1y ago
I kind of agree but a lot of modern american small businesses run completely on facebook. At least in the 4wheeling community they do

crossroadsguy 1y ago

WhatsApp. Instagram not really. WhatsApp has unfortunately become "official" (not in a figure of speech) mode of communication in certain countries, one of which has more than a billion people in it.

SchemaLoad 1y ago
Depends on who you are. Quite a lot of careers require you to market yourself on social media now. You can hate Meta with a passion but acknowledge that you still have to reach customers who are on Instagram.
- crossroadsguy 1y ago
  Well, what you are pointing out sounds like a role “Influencers needed”. So that’s obvious.
input_sh 1y ago
Instagram as well absolutely. There's all sorts of "small business owners" whose entire existence is conducted via an Instagram account and DMs, the same way there were entire businesses that operated via Facebook pages in the past.
- Aurornis 1y ago
  It’s interesting to see how out of the loop many HN commenters are on social media. Any teenager or even occasional social media using adult could confirm that Instagram is a hotbed for business operations and marketing for many business. I barely use it myself but this is plainly obvious. The number of overly confident yet entirely incorrect comments about how other people use WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook from people who obviously aren’t familiar with this platforms is interesting.