@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.

@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.

@freediverx @siracusa

*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.

@freediverx @siracusa

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’.