I just use instagram for tech, photography and scantily clad women. Not necessarily in that order 😂
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I just use instagram for tech, photography and scantily clad women. Not necessarily in that order 😂
IG puts lots of "Threads for you" posts in my feed, and I don't even have Threads installed.
Yeah they are really trying to push threads on insta at the moment as the numbers have reportedly fallen off a cliff after the initial boom from the “it’s not twitter” hype when it launched.
Threads is not a Twitter replacement, it's its own thing. I'd like to be able to read everything (following and suggested) chronologicallybut Threads seems to force the algorithm on it's users. It's also becoming a dumpster fire of burning ****, just like Twitter.
One thing that amazes me is the number of Threads posts that are Twitter screenshots. I can't believe that some people need both platforms. They've really got a dopamine monkey on their back.
One thing that amazes me is the number of Threads posts that are Twitter screenshots. I can't believe that some people need both platforms. They've really got a dopamine monkey on their back.
But does anyone actually wanna waste the time to go in there and delete the profile that has maybe six posts before they got bored and went back to Twitter?
Incredibly enough, Threads is still not available in the EU.
I cannot imagine what privacy violations must be hidden in the app (especially given how Instagram is available in the EU)
I cannot imagine what privacy violations must be hidden in the app (especially given how Instagram is available in the EU)
Funnily enough, Threads is actually gaining popularity with a lot of photographers. It's MUCH better for sharing photos than Instagram, ironically. Better quality, no aspect ratio restrictions, etc.
Yup, just did it. I'm happy with Mastodon as my main go to right now. In fact, I think within a couple years I might delete my Facebook and Instagram profiles too. I need to keep Twitter since a lot of tech influencers I follow are still on it.
I’m so glad social media wasn’t a thing in the nineties when I was a teen. Back then, I had a mobile phone which I basically used to talk to my friends and family. This may be anecdotal, but I think teens laughed more and seemed to be happier when I was a teen. A lot more teens today seem to be angry or have that “disgusted with everything” look. Your teen years are very important for laying the foundation for your twenties and beyond. A lot of teens today are building subpar foundations for their futures.
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Right there with you. I was a teen starting in 1996 so remember the 90s well!
Teens and young adults are literally becoming numb to pleasurable experiences due to said mechanism as recently studied. The constant small dopamine hit people get from scrolling quite literally de-sensitizes the brain. Add to that, people are metabolically unwell creating energy deficits in the brain (obesity cause dementia related changes due to this mechanism-insulin resistance the major driver) and we have a recipe for a sick, unhappy, un-joyful, anxious and depressed society, which is where we’re at.
I haven’t posted anything to my threads so far. I haven’t posted to X/Twitter since 2020. I use Instagram occasionally especially when I travel. I use FB occasionally because I have older relatives who use it. I use WhatsApp/Messenger to communicate with my German and Danish relatives. I haven’t used Snapchat in a long time.
Such as?
When I see someone complain about "censoring", I wonder about what exactly is being "censored".
Everyone has rules for their lives, and they tend to enforce them on their own property.
Many physicians I follow do not support the completely dated, poorly done research guiding our nutritional recommendations pushing the seriously flawed and factually incorrect narrative of the lipid heart hypothesis of cardiovascular disease. They are routinely censored for misinformation. Yet, their patients when placed on diets high in eggs and red meat have phenomenal transformations of health. Radical improvements in all markers. We still refer to LDL as bad cholesterol…it isn’t cholesterol, it’s a protein transporter. And 75% of patients who present to the hospital for myocardial infarction aka heart attack had optimal or even low LDL.
Again, the narrative is more plants less meat, so if something doesn’t fit that narrative censor it. Consumption of animal fats has decreased since 1977 in the US while cancer, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases have skyrocketed, and we’re still saying eat less animal products. Now they blame environmental effects of meat even though cattle are responsible for 2.7% of total greenhouse emissions in the US.
Glory roots for IG was back when it started and was just images, no words (comments), no influencers. Just real great images.
I just deleted my Threads while keeping my Instagram. I have a Blue Sky account that I rarely use. Mastodon is working just fine for my SM needs (which are few.)