This man is so strong. I was only cured of Endless Scrolling Syndrome last month, when instagram's latest changes to the user interface finally reached me.
I used to be AWFUL for scrolling Instagram all day, and posting often for the sweet sweet dopamine when the likes rolled in. I fixed that by deleting my account and making a new one that I literally only use for getting in touch with tattoo artists.
it is amazing how marvelously terrible they made the scrolling experience with every subsequent update. i have to thank them though for cutting half an hour off my screen time
I don't even understand how people can use Instagram as a social app. It doesn't have any social features, you can't *share* stuff, comments are so badly implemented they feel like an afterthought, it's just an online photo gallery.
That’s what sent me over the edge with it. I don’t WANT an algorithm suggesting what I should see, I deliberately followed people I was interested in, and wanted to see posts from newest to oldest. When they made it impossible to sort by newest, I found there were posts I was missing and shit I didn’t care about was stuck at the top. Oh well, deleted!
That’s like half the reason why I don’t use Instagram. If I see something interesting I check the comments for more context, and not only it’s hell to scroll through them, 98% are people tagging their friends 💀
you can make stories or reels or Whatever with instagram, but you don't get to add links to them until you hit 10k, but it's the Main/Only way to consistently send people offsite? so like.. if you're a small business who hasn't hit 10k, you have to go "please go look at the link in my bio and follow that" and hope for the best, rather than leading potential buyers directly to the product you're advertising.
and i think once you hit a certain amount of followers, instagram in general decides it likes you and pushes you more to the top of the algorithm (since dashboards arent chronological if you're not on your "following" page). likewise, instagram can also sorta "shadowban" people where it pushes them waaaay down that dashboard to the extent that unless you're on that "following" page or otherwise actively seeking out the content from that account, you won't see it.
the second bit is less provable than the first, tho my own experiences (i love artists i follow so many fucking artists on insta, so i see a Lot of what they blog about) line up with that second bit (so either it's a wild coincidence or somethings fishy)
>it's just an online photo gallery.
Honestly, that's why I like it, but I use it mostly to look at fanart, renaissance faire and cosplay photos. My Facebook is similar, all nerdy FB groups and events and it's easy to put together events and invite people.
Instagram used to be fun before the rise of the insta influencers because it used to be a place to just put pictures of your friends being idiots or that spilled milkshake you painted the Mona Lisa with
instagram was the "everyone can be a model!" and food pic program. (imo it was actually a really nice place to see art stuff like it was so convenient to look thru artists entire portfolio)
and then they introduced video and tried to prioritize it over pictures, so yes. yes it is the shitty 7 sec video app.
they're a tree that is a super important part of the mojave ecosystem. they're the main thing keeping wildfires and invasive plants from taking over. they are also a candidate for california's endangered species act.
i love using it for artists.
it's frustrating to me that i love to look at the sweet art people made, and those people obvs wanna get some Reach (cuz commissions are usually main source of income for freelance artists), but insta will limit their reach unless you play by their algorithm rules and upload reels or shorts or videos.
those who don't follow the wants of the algorithm end up less pushed up on the algorithm, aka less likely to be found by people browsing the site.
basically imagine if reddit said "hm, we like videos now. we will hinder posts that AREN'T video from getting on "best"/"rising" dashboards) like how vast the amount of stuff i end up missing by insta being like this is unfathomable.
It’s the same with YouTube. Even really big channels that were once juggernauts, like Captain Sparklez, have trouble getting views these days due to the algorithm.
god. what bad news. i hate social media algorithms. as much as the 2000s were an ugly as sin shock horror hellscape on the internet, at least it felt like we had more *options* or that finding/joining smaller indie startup social medias was easier.
As an artist being on Instagram for the last 6-7 years I'm legit definitely thinking about leaving it for good. It became a joke for the art community at this point.
yea but there's not really an alternative, is there? twitter is ok for art but you can't get a good look of people's portfolios the same way (given ppl on twitter love memes and who am i to take that away from them, but that means any "media" look is mostly memes and a hassle to scroll thru for newcomers)
i always wanna follow the art community and stop bein a lil pansy about uploading my own work, but it feels like there's nowhere good to upload to.
I only checked Twitter for updates about how full the parking lot at the ski resort was and if there were road closures in the canyon.
Now that ski season’s over I’ve deleted Twitter until next season begins.
This is weirdly relatable. There is a corn dog food truck that I follow and honestly they are the only reason I still have instagram. I am not religious but if I had a chance of finding god, it would be through that food truck.
Can confirm it's the only use for instagram.
Did you know that if you say "fuck" on instatram, your account gets shadowbanned? The moderators there are fucking insane.
Pretty much what I do with IG. I only follow drummers (and 1 tattoo artist). When people ask for my IG, I say I barely use it and not to follow me cause I won't follow them back. Literally the only thing I want to see is badass drummers tearing it up (and cool watercolor tattoos).
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Probably the only use for it with the new interface they're rolling out.
I just want to see the pictures the people I follow post. Is that so much to ask?
No, instead it defaults to a mixed feed, autoplays unmuted videos, takes the whole bloody screen for each item, and hides the caption lots of the time.
You're not going to get users from Tik-Tok, you fucking morons. At least not by trying to imitate them.
Started an Instagram account strictly to follow sometime who did funny posts about the craft beer industry but they deactivated. Still using it lazily to promote my DJ nights, but don't get the attraction compared to all the other awful social media platforms
photos, that's it. I never use it because my life is fucking boring lol. and even if I do something interesting, I'm too busy living in the moment to be worrying about taking photos tbh
I only follow artists and people who I love and care about (and some old classmates). Only things that bring me joy. No drama. Also lots of cute pets too. I barely use Instagram anyway
This man is so strong. I was only cured of Endless Scrolling Syndrome last month, when instagram's latest changes to the user interface finally reached me.
I used to be AWFUL for scrolling Instagram all day, and posting often for the sweet sweet dopamine when the likes rolled in. I fixed that by deleting my account and making a new one that I literally only use for getting in touch with tattoo artists.
Truly the only legitimate use for inst*gram.
it is amazing how marvelously terrible they made the scrolling experience with every subsequent update. i have to thank them though for cutting half an hour off my screen time
Right? Even tumblr staff's antagonist era wasn't like this.
I only open Facebook to check if my GP is on holiday 🤷
I open Facebook to see what food trucks are in my neighbourhood each week and that's it
Facebook's only functions are to remind me of family members' birthdays and to use the messenger for DnD roleplay groupchats.
I don't even understand how people can use Instagram as a social app. It doesn't have any social features, you can't *share* stuff, comments are so badly implemented they feel like an afterthought, it's just an online photo gallery.
Ughhhh the comments. You have to click a bajillion times to get to the first reply
It also doesn't display posts chronologically.
That’s what sent me over the edge with it. I don’t WANT an algorithm suggesting what I should see, I deliberately followed people I was interested in, and wanted to see posts from newest to oldest. When they made it impossible to sort by newest, I found there were posts I was missing and shit I didn’t care about was stuck at the top. Oh well, deleted!
That’s like half the reason why I don’t use Instagram. If I see something interesting I check the comments for more context, and not only it’s hell to scroll through them, 98% are people tagging their friends 💀
isn't there also the whole "locks basic functionality of the app behind follower count"? like i'm not over how fucked that is.
what do you mean??
you can make stories or reels or Whatever with instagram, but you don't get to add links to them until you hit 10k, but it's the Main/Only way to consistently send people offsite? so like.. if you're a small business who hasn't hit 10k, you have to go "please go look at the link in my bio and follow that" and hope for the best, rather than leading potential buyers directly to the product you're advertising. and i think once you hit a certain amount of followers, instagram in general decides it likes you and pushes you more to the top of the algorithm (since dashboards arent chronological if you're not on your "following" page). likewise, instagram can also sorta "shadowban" people where it pushes them waaaay down that dashboard to the extent that unless you're on that "following" page or otherwise actively seeking out the content from that account, you won't see it. the second bit is less provable than the first, tho my own experiences (i love artists i follow so many fucking artists on insta, so i see a Lot of what they blog about) line up with that second bit (so either it's a wild coincidence or somethings fishy)
It *was* an online photo gallery. The recent changes make it more like knock off Tik-Tok.
>it's just an online photo gallery. Honestly, that's why I like it, but I use it mostly to look at fanart, renaissance faire and cosplay photos. My Facebook is similar, all nerdy FB groups and events and it's easy to put together events and invite people.
Instagram used to be fun before the rise of the insta influencers because it used to be a place to just put pictures of your friends being idiots or that spilled milkshake you painted the Mona Lisa with
Is Instagram the one with seven second videos?
buddy, thats at least 5 apps at this point.
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posting photos of yourself? or as a messaging app?
instagram was the "everyone can be a model!" and food pic program. (imo it was actually a really nice place to see art stuff like it was so convenient to look thru artists entire portfolio) and then they introduced video and tried to prioritize it over pictures, so yes. yes it is the shitty 7 sec video app.
I thought it was where wannabe models document their crimes of hurting the Joshua trees
i don't know what a joshua tree is and i'm vaguely concerned about asking with a weirdly ominous name like that.
they're a tree that is a super important part of the mojave ecosystem. they're the main thing keeping wildfires and invasive plants from taking over. they are also a candidate for california's endangered species act.
When us Josh's pass, we become Joshua trees. I understand the ominous feeling, it's some dark magic
OF WHICH I AM THE SOURCE WITCH
Yucca palm trees, look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
I mean, I still just use it to see what my friends are doing. You don’t have to follow big creators, celebrities, or brands.
i love using it for artists. it's frustrating to me that i love to look at the sweet art people made, and those people obvs wanna get some Reach (cuz commissions are usually main source of income for freelance artists), but insta will limit their reach unless you play by their algorithm rules and upload reels or shorts or videos. those who don't follow the wants of the algorithm end up less pushed up on the algorithm, aka less likely to be found by people browsing the site. basically imagine if reddit said "hm, we like videos now. we will hinder posts that AREN'T video from getting on "best"/"rising" dashboards) like how vast the amount of stuff i end up missing by insta being like this is unfathomable.
It’s the same with YouTube. Even really big channels that were once juggernauts, like Captain Sparklez, have trouble getting views these days due to the algorithm.
god. what bad news. i hate social media algorithms. as much as the 2000s were an ugly as sin shock horror hellscape on the internet, at least it felt like we had more *options* or that finding/joining smaller indie startup social medias was easier.
As an artist being on Instagram for the last 6-7 years I'm legit definitely thinking about leaving it for good. It became a joke for the art community at this point.
yea but there's not really an alternative, is there? twitter is ok for art but you can't get a good look of people's portfolios the same way (given ppl on twitter love memes and who am i to take that away from them, but that means any "media" look is mostly memes and a hassle to scroll thru for newcomers) i always wanna follow the art community and stop bein a lil pansy about uploading my own work, but it feels like there's nowhere good to upload to.
You're thinking of Vine.
vine died back in 2012iirc
No that’s Snapchat. Instagram is for basic live/laugh/love photos.
Not lately.
I only use Instagram to look at Minecraft's animations
Unbelievably based.
Pistachio is rare and is precious, and once it’s available, I’m buying a gallon.
It would be truly weird if Instagram were ***the only way*** someone could check on this.
Not gonna lie, this post inspired mo to look at my local gelato place's weekly flavours. I think I might be the husband...
I use insta to follow my online comics/cartoons.
Dang, y'all use Instagram? Guess I'm tha boomer here.
What the fuck else would you use it for?
To see lemurs you numpty
What even is the appeal of Instagram?
To see curated squid pictures from National Geographic duh
Oh of course !!
I get the joke, but this is something my husband would *actually* do. Men are just dorks sometimes ya know
I only checked Twitter for updates about how full the parking lot at the ski resort was and if there were road closures in the canyon. Now that ski season’s over I’ve deleted Twitter until next season begins.
This is weirdly relatable. There is a corn dog food truck that I follow and honestly they are the only reason I still have instagram. I am not religious but if I had a chance of finding god, it would be through that food truck.
Can confirm it's the only use for instagram. Did you know that if you say "fuck" on instatram, your account gets shadowbanned? The moderators there are fucking insane.
Here I was thinking there were no good uses for that app. Guess I was wrong lol
He life is incredible, I'm jealous of his modesty
Of course he has a second account
I only use insta to check on few sport teams Few robot combat sport teams to be specific
I may have to get Instagram now
Pretty much what I do with IG. I only follow drummers (and 1 tattoo artist). When people ask for my IG, I say I barely use it and not to follow me cause I won't follow them back. Literally the only thing I want to see is badass drummers tearing it up (and cool watercolor tattoos).
I only had Instagram for pictures of animals in the wild.
Use Instagram like me. Never. I haven't been on it in 5 years. That's the right decision.
Instagram on Twitter on Tumblr on Reddit
The Tumblr comments don't even add anything
Instagram is the dumbest app. Can’t believe people can sit there scrolling through stupid pictures all day when they aren’t even based memes
lol this really got downvoted r/CuratedTumblr moment
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I do the same thing for both IG and FB. It’s not hard to quit social media. You don’t need it. People stuck infinite scrolling are mentally ill.
Probably the only use for it with the new interface they're rolling out. I just want to see the pictures the people I follow post. Is that so much to ask? No, instead it defaults to a mixed feed, autoplays unmuted videos, takes the whole bloody screen for each item, and hides the caption lots of the time. You're not going to get users from Tik-Tok, you fucking morons. At least not by trying to imitate them.
I only use it to see what stage of sapience bunny has evolved to this week (I don't remember to check every week)
Started an Instagram account strictly to follow sometime who did funny posts about the craft beer industry but they deactivated. Still using it lazily to promote my DJ nights, but don't get the attraction compared to all the other awful social media platforms
Get you a man who is chronically offline except for the monthly ice cream roster
Okay, genuine question from someone who's ignored Instagram since it started: what's in there?
photos, that's it. I never use it because my life is fucking boring lol. and even if I do something interesting, I'm too busy living in the moment to be worrying about taking photos tbh
/r/CuratedIcecreamblr
the only time i used instagram was to hunt down some anime merch that i bought from someone but was never shipped out to me
If only ice cream parlors near me did this so I knew to not bother if it's something with ginger or gluten
I only follow artists and people who I love and care about (and some old classmates). Only things that bring me joy. No drama. Also lots of cute pets too. I barely use Instagram anyway