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Yeah, 100%. Trying to change IG is like staying in an unhealthy relationship and hoping the other person changes. Don’t “fight back” and try to change a giant profit machine. Just make good choices for yourself and your needs and I can promise almost anyone that IG is not a part of that.
Agreed! I no longer use Instagram either and it’s honestly kind of great lol. It’s been long enough that I no longer get like fomo or anything. I love Pixelfed now. As far as people staying on the app to “fight back” (really, I don’t think just being progressive and on Instagram is fighting back, as the majority do) or I’ve even had a friend say “well I just won’t post anymore: having the app downloaded is like currency to meta. Viewing/scrolling past ads is making them money, or clicking them. Behavior on (and off) the app is making them money when they use or sell it. Actions in the app helps them perfect their algorithm. In reality, I think a lot of people don’t realize exactly how much them staying on the app even if they “aren’t posting” or are “fighting back” can still really help meta.
As far as Pixelfed, I think it’s like when ig used to be fun. People just post random things or pretty photography, there are no ads, it’s chronological, and it doesn’t really operate off an algorithm it operates off hashtags. It doesn’t feel like people are constantly trying to sell you something, get paid, get followers, etc. It’s really organic. The only drawback is the functionality is currently way better in browser in my opinion but they’re working on the app all the time now that it’s gotten popular.
Agreed on all accounts. I'm trying to challenge my bias, but the "fighting back" thing just doesn't hold water. I think people are just afraid to let go
theclack I mean, of course, everyone is there. There’s you, and there’s that version of you. Once you leave Instagram, you kind of vanish in a way.
It takes commitment and a clear reason to go, and it has to be strong enough.
Whenever I talk to people about this, I always say the same thing: you deserve better. You deserve time, life, reality and—no matter how hard it gets—the truth that comes with it.
babita I love the way you phrased this as Instagram having that version of you. That’s exactly how I feel but I didn’t have it put into good words like that! At first it was like, all my memories are there, these pictures I used to love, etc. But then I was like, I have all of these photos in my photo albums so that’s no excuse, I’m just holding onto this digital page thats really for other people to see not me. It’s been kind of refreshing feeling like starting from NOW instead of with the old pictures from that perception of me.
I was just telling someone that this has happened before with Tumblr. It seemed so many people fucked with Tumblr and then they did whack shit and we all went "this isn't fun anymore" and we moved onto another site. Instagram has more parasite claws in us than Tumblr which makes it harder to leave but I feel that we can do this again.
BennyLiquid Yeah, totally. We’ve moved on from platforms before, and we can do it again. Tumblr felt huge until it didn’t, and people naturally found new spaces.
Instagram has a tighter grip on us, which makes it harder to leave, but not impossible.
No platform is that essential—if it stops feeling good, we can choose something better. And honestly, I think a lot of people are already starting to feel that shift.
