Instagram got canibalized when Facebook purchased it. Facebook is a shit platform now, thanks to AI and predatory ads
HansBooby on
advertising killed it. then AI stomped on the grave
VincentNacon on
Blaming on AI instead of Facebook and greed… classic.
Unpaulfessional on
Every time this guy talks he says stuff that absolutely sucks.
Hamza_stan on
Surely trying to make Instagram TikTok 2.0 didn’t help either. Instagram was a photos app, but now they prioritize video over pics
black_metronome on
You can’t even see what most of the people you follow on Instagram post because you’re inundated with “suggested posts” and ads. I deleted that shit app and Facebook after the ’24 election and haven’t regretted it.
la-fours on
Instagram turned its back on photography almost a decade ago. That had nothing to do with AI.
WhatsATrouserSnake on
Finally a good use for AI
FredFredrickson on
I mean, all they have to do is ban AI and stop encouraging its use on Instagram…
maharg2017 on
I wish there was a filter you could turn on to filter out AI content.
innocentsalad on
I have to scroll through dozens of posts I’m uninterested in to see one from an actual friend, and it’s usually days after it was posted. This has been happening well before AI got involved.
thisshouldbetheshow on
Sounds like a good time to log off.
prozhack on
they should have branched off an instagram “photos” app (kinda how it was when it was founded) and a instagram “reels” or tic-toc version -which is all it has become now. the app makes zero sense but it is entertaining. big mystery to me is how it makes money since i never see an ad
geneticswag on
Instagram died the day it stopped being reverse chronological. Brooklyn turned into a different place nearly overnight. Pop-ups became an aesthetic, not an event. Flash sales needed promotion and couldn’t make it alone via word of mouth. High net worth tourists and visitors could be profiled, targeted, and brought in. I still don’t understand how we haven’t replaced the reverse chronological social app.
reyntime on
One of the many reasons to delete Instagram. It’s an addictive destroyer of mental health, so you can be sold to advertisers.
synthwavve on
Just rename it to Plasticgram
Sirtriplenipple on
It absolutely is.
ninjaface on
Oh you mean the app that specializes in video and photos that sucks at displaying both? I can’t believe something could easily kill it. /s
Fuck sake. Instagram can’t zoom for shit on photos, has no play controls for video. The platform itself is an ad filled shithole.
A kid with any amount of app building skill could make something better. I’m still baffled as to how that pos app is so popular.
rudyattitudedee on
Ban AI and dramatically lessen the ads. The slop is awful.
AquamarineML on
I tested instagram yestrday. I see 3 ads, then 1 picture of some random page I follow, then again 3-4 ads, then a photo of some of my friend I am following.
This is just getting insane
Vegetable_Tackle4154 on
Meta (or Facebook). A family of “me too” brands. Not an original idea in the whole shop.
Secret_Jackfruit256 on
No Adam, you killed Instagram when you started forcing users to see content your stupid algorithm want them to see, not what they actually follow.
Or, in another way of looking at it, Instagram died the moment it was purchased by Facebook
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Instagram got canibalized when Facebook purchased it. Facebook is a shit platform now, thanks to AI and predatory ads
advertising killed it. then AI stomped on the grave
Blaming on AI instead of Facebook and greed… classic.
Every time this guy talks he says stuff that absolutely sucks.
Surely trying to make Instagram TikTok 2.0 didn’t help either. Instagram was a photos app, but now they prioritize video over pics
You can’t even see what most of the people you follow on Instagram post because you’re inundated with “suggested posts” and ads. I deleted that shit app and Facebook after the ’24 election and haven’t regretted it.
Instagram turned its back on photography almost a decade ago. That had nothing to do with AI.
Finally a good use for AI
I mean, all they have to do is ban AI and stop encouraging its use on Instagram…
I wish there was a filter you could turn on to filter out AI content.
I have to scroll through dozens of posts I’m uninterested in to see one from an actual friend, and it’s usually days after it was posted. This has been happening well before AI got involved.
Sounds like a good time to log off.
they should have branched off an instagram “photos” app (kinda how it was when it was founded) and a instagram “reels” or tic-toc version -which is all it has become now. the app makes zero sense but it is entertaining. big mystery to me is how it makes money since i never see an ad
Instagram died the day it stopped being reverse chronological. Brooklyn turned into a different place nearly overnight. Pop-ups became an aesthetic, not an event. Flash sales needed promotion and couldn’t make it alone via word of mouth. High net worth tourists and visitors could be profiled, targeted, and brought in. I still don’t understand how we haven’t replaced the reverse chronological social app.
One of the many reasons to delete Instagram. It’s an addictive destroyer of mental health, so you can be sold to advertisers.
Just rename it to Plasticgram
It absolutely is.
Oh you mean the app that specializes in video and photos that sucks at displaying both? I can’t believe something could easily kill it. /s
Fuck sake. Instagram can’t zoom for shit on photos, has no play controls for video. The platform itself is an ad filled shithole.
A kid with any amount of app building skill could make something better. I’m still baffled as to how that pos app is so popular.
Ban AI and dramatically lessen the ads. The slop is awful.
I tested instagram yestrday. I see 3 ads, then 1 picture of some random page I follow, then again 3-4 ads, then a photo of some of my friend I am following.
This is just getting insane
Meta (or Facebook). A family of “me too” brands. Not an original idea in the whole shop.
No Adam, you killed Instagram when you started forcing users to see content your stupid algorithm want them to see, not what they actually follow.
Or, in another way of looking at it, Instagram died the moment it was purchased by Facebook