I was trying to touch on that at the end of my comment, and yes, it’s absolutely ruined the art of photography. Pre-facebook Instagram was amazing and simple. While Glass is still in its early stages, the UI is refreshing. I’d love to see Instagram adopt something like it but that just won’t happen.
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The fact all external links are still taboo has me wondering how it is the product still exists. If I link to say an audio track or video external to Instagram for people who follow to see they have to do the multi-step shuffle just to see it. The point of the Internet was interoperability.
Zuckerberg is all about nothing but his ecosystem not being able to interact with any other systems, then whine when Apple gives that choice to consumers.
Zuckerberg is all about nothing but his ecosystem not being able to interact with any other systems, then whine when Apple gives that choice to consumers.
This latest social media trend of short sporadic video clips makes me feel like an old man. I don’t get it, and in a way I’m glad because it all looks like a huge waste of time.
Now excuse me while I go yell at some clouds.
Now excuse me while I go yell at some clouds.
They are almost internally pushing more video than photos. Biggest thing I have seen is the click bait accounts upload their normally static images as a 10 second video in order to get more exposure than if it was a photo.
It is just seriously beyond me at this point. The iPad got the stock weather app before this. It would be cool to have an iPad instagram app. (I know it's just pure wishing, but I wish that people could make clients for Instagram like twitter)
Well said.
Instagram (and social media in general) is one of those companies that have managed to hire a massive amount of people but pay them nothing: the users if they don’t post or engage Instagram makes no money, but in this case, most users do engage and hence work for Instagram for free.
I suggest using the mobile page instead. It also removes the ads and recommendations, as far as I could see. You can just add the web page to your Home Screen and it basically feels like using the app without all the crap
The increase in video content doesn’t bother me too much, it’s the other changes I’m really not a fan of right now.
50% of the content in my feed is now from folks I don’t follow. That was what the explore tab was for!
And the new feed design is awful. The scrolling is a joke. You have to scroll up twice to get past the first post and each post is now an individual push rather than just a continuous smooth scroll. Feels like a massive backwards step in UX.
50% of the content in my feed is now from folks I don’t follow. That was what the explore tab was for!
And the new feed design is awful. The scrolling is a joke. You have to scroll up twice to get past the first post and each post is now an individual push rather than just a continuous smooth scroll. Feels like a massive backwards step in UX.
Only problem is Android. Sure, iPhones are better. The whole reason for IG’s success was cross-plattform….and they say “not for a long time” re. Android.if I ever start taking photos again this is the only service I will use to post to the world:
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As a photographer, I can say this change has ruined the platform for me.
There's a huge market opportunity here for another platform though that I hope someone will grab.
There's a huge market opportunity here for another platform though that I hope someone will grab.
Instagram is either having a Coke > New Coke > Coke Classic moment or they’re dead.
The New Coke is confusing, noisy, messy, stressful to use, ugly (subjective). It’s actually the opposite of TikTok, which they are copying.
It’s not videos vs photos thing that’s the problem or videos themselves. It’s the constant change in type of attention/focus you have to use for photos and videos. In TikTok, there is flow. Instagram used to have flow. Flow is good. Ask any surfer.
In psychology, what drains us is change in focus, not what we’re focusing on.
Meta screwed up.
The New Coke is confusing, noisy, messy, stressful to use, ugly (subjective). It’s actually the opposite of TikTok, which they are copying.
It’s not videos vs photos thing that’s the problem or videos themselves. It’s the constant change in type of attention/focus you have to use for photos and videos. In TikTok, there is flow. Instagram used to have flow. Flow is good. Ask any surfer.
In psychology, what drains us is change in focus, not what we’re focusing on.
Meta screwed up.
people should just delete their instagram. facebook, whatsapp, and quest accounts too!
facebook can go crawl and die in a ditch. disgusting company.
facebook can go crawl and die in a ditch. disgusting company.
Instagram has gone down the ******* for the last 3 years and reels are complete garbage, everyone used the same songs and they are just pointless and a waste of my time. I only keep my Instagram profile active because I get that many women messaging me.
Good point. The guy or girl taking photos for Dan Bilzerian for example might have a harder time to film his entourage without unwanted content to be recorded accidentally. 🥶
Funny how everyone is complaining how large companies seek out the most revenue.
Pixelfed seems to be the place to be if you don’t what to play in that game.
- Decentralized without cryptocurrency bs
- run by devs for the fun
- users who don’t what to be to product for advertising and rather interact with each other
Pixelfed seems to be the place to be if you don’t what to play in that game.
- Decentralized without cryptocurrency bs
- run by devs for the fun
- users who don’t what to be to product for advertising and rather interact with each other
There was a way to watch the videos at the top of the app without bogging down the timeline by integrating videos there as well. It was a nice separation. Now they are in both, which is just annoying to me. You can find a way to still adapt without abandoning the past.
This exactly! Instagram needs a new CEO and everything, they are completely out of touch. They think that because TikTok is short form video it is what draws people in, when in reality it is that almost too good algorithm. I also think you said it perfectly with Instagram is loosing its identity, the upload a photo of your day/life/events/moments with a little caption is what won people over in the beginning without the statuses and the extra stuff of other social media had. If Instagram just further refined the algorithm to bring more photos that people would possibly like then they would probably be sitting better even if they continued adding short video content.
Even with YouTube trying the short form video at least it is something separate. it isn't quite in your face where Instagram is pretty much forcing their new path onto you. I like the video that the CEO posted I believe yesterday, when he mentioned that they are not getting rid of photos because that is how it began, but plenty have proven that just uploading photos basically does nothing since the all mighty algorithm doesn't like it.
Fair, but it doesn’t refute my point. Individuals don’t have the means to solve this issue. Uninstalling Instagram and replacing it with nothing doesn’t solve the problem if you used Instagram for something. Regardless of perspective.
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