That's cool. I'm also testing some stuff myself. For instance, I'm testing not uploading fake pictures of fake happiness and uploading them to receive fake praise from my fake friends. Going good so far. User feedback is 100% positive.
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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I’ll either put my phone down for those three to five seconds or just force close the app. I don’t care about IG that much.
Always be bringing in ever-increasing amounts of revenue.
The tiktok ban is paying off much more than just repressing the truth in palestine. That monopoly privilege. $$$
"Testing" in case they decide they don't like money after all.
They test to verify if the user retention drop is worth the revenue increase.
Ha ha! I don't use Instagram nor have I any interest in it whatsoever.
Every time something gets objectively worse there are always people who say "Jokes on them I don't use that!" and miss the point.
Like yeah, we get it. It's only a matter of time until this kind of bullshit reaches something you do use. You should still be bothered by this.
Honestly I used Vanced patches to get rid of ads in Insta and thought I'd finally actually browse the app for once, but then I just never did.
I feel like we’re at the age of the internet where a strong minority (see: Lemmy users) care deeply about all the ugly exploitative and anti-consumer nature of big tech, but the vast majority of the population just… doesn’t care… and shrugs off (and enables) the continual downward spiral.
The vast majority has learned helplessness and submissiveness. It's not that they don't care, they've just been beaten down over time.
I've seen it. It's almost like a form of ADHD training. Make sure the person's attention is never on something for too long, and make sure the attention snaps to whatever ad pops up.
"ADHD training", that's the perfect way to put it.
Consume product, then get excited for the next product!
Attention is a commodity.
Oh. Oh well, time to drop insta - not like it's been particularly good in... Ever?
I've been testing unskippable "Insta Breaks" lasting countable to uncountable infinity seconds, disrupting literally nobody.
This won't affect me - seeing as I have no use for Instagram - but I do worry that some actual DECENT sites will adopt this in the near future.
I dropped Instagram, and couldn't be happier to have left that cesspool behind. No Facebook, no Instagram, no Tik Tok, no Snapchat, no LinkedIn, no no no. I'm done with the bullshit. Need to contact me? Then you probably already have my phone number, text or call. Don't have my number? Sounds like you probably don't need to get in touch with me, then.
How are you going to know how to vote if you don't listen to MAGA spam in car crash/police shooting comment sections?
I dropped Instagram, and couldn’t be happier to have left that cesspool behind. No [...] LinkedIn, [...]
Unfortunately not having any presence on LinkedIn makes it quite challenging to find professional-type jobs. :/
Wait, is that why I struggle with this? I’m an engineer and I just don’t really get non-forum style social media. I can kinda grok tumblr, but lemmy/reddit is really all I’m good at
Tons of job listings have barely any presence outside of LinkedIn. And yeah, quite often employers will want to see some kind of professional something online.
True. I've also decided I hate the professional world.
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