Me having mental breakdown over using Instagram from being a classic text-blogger is like me having a mental breakdown over playing Persona from Shin Megami Tensei.
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The game mechanics of SMT, like the timeline system of text-blog socmed, is harsh and renders you feeling responsibility in timing and posting. Persona is "more relaxed" gameplay akin to Instagram has a uniquely designd timeline-free algorithm that makes you more eager to post anytime without fear.
I do feel the sense of "being able to get seen" much better on Instagram, that's for sure. Buuuttt I believe ultimately it's up to the user how they want to use it. Make friends? Made for views? Advertising?
I was encouraged to try Instagram algorithm in the year of our lord 2025 because it doesn't have the toxicity of "comparing followers", "ratios" and "rage bait". But I'm sure there's a version of it somewhere.
Anyway!! I'm a person that loves to curate how my art gets seen and my following (no bots!!). The element of interacting with humans is still my number 1 priority. So let's see.
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