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.
FreediverX@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.
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.