I haven't had an account on any Meta platform in years, but based on the comic and comments, is it heading towards one super app? Like WhatsApp would become Meta's answer to Wechat
Snapchat is just as bad, I used to make Bitstrips everyday, snap bought it and bitstrips was deleted so I would use their app’s version (which is not as good or as fun)
I stopped using FB and IG back then too. I’m now ready to execute the nuclear option… but getting all my data is taking forever. Been over two days and I haven’t gotten the email telling me it’s ready for download. I’m seething! 👹
Yep. Nuked them from my life. I’m not giving my business or ad revenue to any “social” platform that wants to shelter hate or validate lies. If this eventually limits me to talking to people via text, phone, or letter, then that’s just a choice that businesses have made.
And now Facebook is merging Instagram with itself. You can view Insta posts on Facebook and share there too. And Threads works the same! It was pretty much just Instagram with another layout and missing features.
Facebook itself is taking away any need to use Instagram.
Not to mention that Instagram, as it is, is garbage for exposure. I had to kill my account for the Maria the Vampire Princess novel series on that platform.
Really hot take Facebook, when it was only locally centered and about the folks around you, was one the best social media imo. For example, I used to meet people, organize concerts, sell stuff, and i even found people's lost pets there.
Nowadays, it's this monstrosity that should be put down.
MySpace was truly like that, you could even organize your friends and family so people you spent more time with would show on your feed more frequently. Could personalize your page.
Facebook was about control and money from the start. Ads don’t pop on a fancy edited page. Plain white they do
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Hell, Windows Phone basically died because Instagram passed on making a native app for it.
It's impressive how much has changed with it since it was totally enshitified by Facebook.
Facebook itself is taking away any need to use Instagram.
Nowadays, it's this monstrosity that should be put down.
Facebook was about control and money from the start. Ads don’t pop on a fancy edited page. Plain white they do
Honestly the lack of Doomscrolling while still being able to check on what's going on in the world has made a massive improvement for me already.