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Re:Instagram Is Facebook Now by kccqzy on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @07:16PM (#29410928)
My way of using Instagram was that I only follow people I have talked to in real life. No influencers, no news outlets, no brands, no businesses, no "young people making popular dance moves" unless that's made by young people I know and have talked to in real life.

The app has been making this way of using Instagram more and more difficult. It's not surprising because my way likely doesn't generate any revenue.

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Re:Instagram Is Facebook Now by stefandesu on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:31AM (#29413793)
That's how I (try to) use Instagram as well. It's still working more or less fine for me, but what bothers me is that it has also become an essential messaging app for me. I don't use Facebook or WhatsApp, so Instagram is the only way to stay in contact with some of the people in my life. I guess if I wanted to leave, I could ask them for phone numbers or email addresses. I should probably do that even before I actually leave.

(By the way, my main messaging apps are Signal and Telegram, but I also have LINE, for my contacts related to Japan, and iMessage, mostly for family. So many apps...)

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