John SiracusaWho else has many copies of this photo in their photo library? #IYKYK
Anway, my annual Long Island vacation photos are up on Instagram, starting here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvAKHvfOnJN/?igshid=YzcxN2Q2NzY0OA==
Kraig@siracusa
John. Why do all the commentators whom I most respect, who all *uniformly* rail against the #Facebook machine, also blithely and happily use #Instagram?
I just don’t get it.
It’s all connected to the same humanity destroying machine.
Roberto@kraigschmidt @siracusa It's where the people are at, that's my guess. I moved to web only IG a year ago, and mostly use it to follow friends/family and brands. No posting. But the TikTokfication is hard to avoid still.
Recently enjoying https://www.retro.app/ (no ties, just bets tester) and I really like it. Without Android (beta soonish), it's hard to recommend to fam/friends. But it's so thoughtfully designed, I'll start doing soon.
@kraigschmidt It’s a complicated world.
I appreciate that you replied! 👍
However, is this *really* one of
those complicated cases?
Respectfully, I would suggest, it is not.
FreediverX@siracusa @kraigschmidt
The funny thing is that I sense that we have very similar viewpoints on social media, politics, capitalism, etc., but you make more, um, pragmatic choices than I do, lol.
The funny thing is that I sense that we have very similar viewpoints on social media, politics, capitalism, etc., but you make more, um, pragmatic choices than I do, lol.
@kraigschmidt @siracusa
Same feeling here, but I suppose I get it. They're as hooked on Instagram as boomers are on Facebook. “It's where all my friends are.”
Even if it were “good" I wouldn't use it. But the experience (ads, algorithmic timeline, crappy UX) is so bad.
*snap*
The boomer-Facebook parallel is pretty perfect. Especially the willful self-absorption in the face of all objective evidence.
Honestly, it makes me pretty mad, and it really makes me question why I listen to any of their pods, or read any of their blogs.
Maybe Gen X isn’t so different from boomers after all.
I disagree.
#Facebook is absolutely as bad, manipulative, intrusive, and destructive as we all know it to be. It isn’t even something people argue about.
#Instagram is just the friendly puppy-face on the same. exact. engine.
It undercuts the honesty, objectivity, and reputation of commentators who say Facebook is bad, but instagram is different.
Or… ‘complicated’.
@kraigschmidt @siracusa
I despise Amazon yet I occasionally buy stuff from them. We all make compromises to live in a highly imperfect society.
I despise Amazon yet I occasionally buy stuff from them. We all make compromises to live in a highly imperfect society.
matthew@kraigschmidt @freediverx @siracusa Gen Z loves TikTok - is that any better? Seems like more of a human problem than a generational one. People like easy and free.
Rob@siracusa do you have any tips/guides/youtube channels for someone that would like to improve their amateur photography skills? Thanks.
@_rob I don’t, sorry. Most of what I watch on YouTube are gear reviews, but that’s not really what your priority should be when looking to improve your skills.
marcos@_rob @siracusa it’s hard to get good at photography in general but it’s a lot easier to get good at, eg, taking pictures of your friends laughing (or whatever you love). a lot of it is asking yourself (and being really critical about) what you want to accomplish and giving yourself the freedom to experiment enough to be able to identify what you vibe with. this is basically Developing A Practice™️ which is not really photography-specific but it is a very solid way to Git Gud that gives you lots of latitude to be loose in what you do day-to-day and still provides room for meaningful introspection and improvement.
Dan Schwartz
Adonis@siracusa Instagram? Yuck lol. Sorry, I meant Zuck.. Wait..🤔
@siracusa glass.photo is not owned by Zuck? Nice 👍.. PR approved!
Peter Marks@siracusa It makes me very happy to see someone say “Anyway” and not “Anyways”. I was appalled to see the weird plural in a Mimestream quit while sending alert. Photos👍🏻
@siracusa
Not going anywhere near Instagram, but I enjoyed the photos on Glass. 😊
Not going anywhere near Instagram, but I enjoyed the photos on Glass. 😊
Adam Wright@siracusa sensor dust inspection?
Steve Mintsioulis@siracusa @atgw as someone brand new to astrophotography, I have a LOT of photos of pure black (lens cap on, at varying ISOs and exposure lengths = dark and bias frames to subtract sensor noise), and similar numbers of grey (my dimmed iPad screen resting atop my dew guard = flat frames to subtract dust in the optical train). John, I think it might be a hobby that fills the cockles of your nerd heart. Though I could see Marco going full send on it.
Niels de Vos ✝️🌳@siracusa I was waiting a while for Mastodon to load the picture it in the blue placeholder.
Craig Hockenberry
Dave Peck@siracusa Alas, I have more photos of the inside of my pocket.
Glenn Fleishman
Steven Holland@siracusa I feel seen
Dr. Mattias Holm 
@siracusa I would kindly ask you to stop distributing my photo, obvious copyright issue here. 🙃
(MOVED) Zack Apiratitham@siracusa Some fast hands changing lens there
John Kepler@siracusa Nope. Us amateur photographers have more Live Photo shots featuring a quick pan down to our feet.
Chuck Skoda@siracusa I have an album worth of photos from the inside of my pocket of every pair of pants I own.
Noel Walling
veader@siracusa dust reference acknowledged
peter honeyman@siracusa bluesky content