Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by monort on Sunday November 26, 2017 @02:56PM
(#15782656)
Do you actually use Instagram yourself? From my anecdotal evidence - IG is the greatest source of new friends (do you know how hard to get a friend when you are an adult? It's easy with IG). Most communication happens in private messages, so you don't see it.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by fossuser on Sunday November 26, 2017 @07:47PM
(#15784000)
How is it a source of new friends?
Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by monort on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:08AM
(#15785627)
It's acceptable and encouraged to follow unknown people on IG. I follow people with hobbies I like, some of them become friends due to interaction. Unfortunately this works only for hobbies that can be fit in a photo, I'd like to have a more generalized platform (anyone remembers Livejournal? :)
If you read comments here, you will find a few people who lost their significant others, because they got too many friends from Instagram and irreversibly changed!