this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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The way social media companies just chase each others features is ridiculous. They can't be content with being unique or offering a specialized feature set. No, they all have to do image posts, then stores, then video, then short videos.
However, anything that helps kill the trend of every goddamned thing being a video even when it doesn't need to be is a very welcome change
My instagram usage nowdays consists of me scrolling past 20 videos untill I reach the end of my feed and then close the site and realize it gave me zero content. For some reason I still go there once a day.
"These cigarettes used to make me happy," he opined as he took another drag.
The moment I realised that is the moment I quit both cigarettes and Meta products...