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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I think Meta is doing a decent job with Instagram. I mean except for collecting all possible data and psychological profiling of users to serve them targeted ads, it's a decent enough platform. And the only one still allowing for engagement with your actual friends rather than exclusively professional content creators.

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

WTF are you on about? no one likes instagram shorts and the feed is a jumbled mess of bullshit and advertisements. I deleted mine a long time ago and don't regret it for a second.

[–] darkkite@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

no one likes instagram shorts

it's "reels" i think tiktok recommends better videos, but IG has closed the gap in recent years.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really don't understand how people use Instagram. I've tried, but it's about 45% ads, 10-15% posts by people I don't follow, it's not in chronological order (or any sense of order for that matter), and regardless of whether I was on there yesterday or 2 months ago, it'll show me about 40 posts before saying "You're all caught up from the past 3 days!" and then refuse to show me any more.

I guess this is why I'm here on Lemmy and went crawling back to Tumblr, one of the last vestiges of the old internet. At this point, I'd rather watch a platform die than become marketable to advertisers and shareholders.

[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Yes the random feed filled with ads unrelated post suggestions and limited to three days is the main issue. i use an Instagram mod but they didn't manage yet to replace the main feed with the friend only feed you can get by clicking on the Instagram button

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I mean except for collecting all possible data and psychological profiling of users to serve them targeted ads, it’s a decent enough platform.

It's not. Instagram is popular the way it is because "It’s going to be a lot harder to pull off massive protests" there.