How Two Years of Instagram Stories Has Altered the Way We Love, Act and Play

Re:How Two Years of Instagram Stories Has Altered the Way We... by factsaresacred on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:33AM (#17749152)

It's a window to the world of people you know/admire/like.

Facebook, for me, became this staid place where people complained or posted mundane stuff.

I open Instagram and I see:

- one of my favorite music artists posted a pic from the highest railway in Japan

- a gaggle of models I follow are looking fine

- some street art from Berlin

- motivational story from Gary Vaynerchuck

- the hashtag of my favorite city surfaces snaps that give me wunderlist to return

There's nothing there to make me rage - no politics, no lame memes, no arguments. Just a steady stream of aesthetically-pleasing photos to make my mind wander for 30 seconds or so.

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Re:How Two Years of Instagram Stories Has Altered the Way We... by nasredin on Monday August 13, 2018 @07:34AM (#17749329)

- a gaggle of models I follow are looking fine

A flock of models, some are into fitness, some are perhaps best described as documentarians of their derriere, are also looking fine in my feed.

Escapism. People used to read pulpy books, now they are just looking at happy (rich) people and juicy booty.

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