Instagram has gotten to the point where I just have absolutely no interest to continue using it.

Mostly it feeds me soft porn, and my friends have kind of posted the same things over and over, which has become kind of boring. Food pics, workout pics, whatever.

It's gotten to the point where I'm just actually bored with the platform in general, not necessarily the content.

Facebook, I just have zero interest in going anywhere near it, it's so, so, so boring.

I follow aviation related accounts so I see pictures of planes on my feed. I did have to stop following hashtags because people tend to spam bikini pics there

I don't even bother with it anymore.

At least TikTok is giving me things I search for.

I have +5 years without fb so that's that.

Twitter serves its purpose for (news, articles, etc...).

Instagram will feed you more of whatever you are following or tapping.

I have noticed that if I don't use Instagram for a few days I end up with generic, lowest-common-denominator videos. Scantily clad females, bar fights, car accidents, etc.

But if I start seeking out and watching the stuff I actually like, the feed updates itself within a day or two and I get content that I actually want to watch.

I just can't be bothered seeking out "stuff I like" on Instagram anymore, mostly I've seen it before etc, just feeling like I have better things to do lately.

If I actually want to "watch" something, I open Youtube, seems to me like the content on there is 10x better.

Each to their own.

I feel exactly the same. Maybe it's just a stage in one's life?

I think I’m just bored with the platform, same format, crappy engagement from other uses etc.

It was fun for a while but yeah, not really sure it’s worth my time, or that it ever really was.

>Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok.

Good point, the only way for 'Meta' shares to go up and for investors to have some confidence in 'Meta' is by Tiktok being banned in US (and other western countries like EU, Canada etc).

Automatically, the advertising money which was to go to Tiktok will go to Instagram (via Reels).

It should also be said, however, that banning TikTok would set a dangerous precedent for Meta's business outside the US.

Isn't Instagram already blocked in China?

on top of plenty of other apps blocked, banned, or forced to restrict results or behavior?

I was thinking more about the EU actually. After banning TikTok, it won't be long before someone says, "hey, Instagram steals people's personal data too."

Meta has to follow all the EU regulations around data privacy. Does TikTok?

I can't make my mind if the GP intended to be sarcastic, but if you read it in a serious tone, you are making a disservice for yourself.

Banning TikTok is such a pointless exercise. So what, it just means that another service will pop up and take its place under a different name. The government can ban it all it wants, but it's not going away. Too simple of an app.

How many times in our lifetime seeing comments like this?

"Too simple of an app"

Okay but that’s what the government hopes will happen… They don’t object to TikTok the concept. They object to the PRC having influence or control either real or potential.

It doesnt need to stop TikTok. It just needs to slow it down long enough for one of the US competitors to eat up their marketshare.

The end goal isnt protecting US citizens. It's weaponizing information to use against perceived threats, both foreign and domestic.

>It just needs to slow it down long enough for one of the US competitors to eat up their marketshare.

If I were Snapchat I would be making moves to jump at this opportunity. I feel they're positioned the best to take that market share out of all of the current competitors, for the simple fact they've kept their core UI & model virtually unchanged.

Considering Meta is banned in China, I don't understand why there's even a question about this.

Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy. China bans many things that are good and should remain protected in the US.

I don't use Tiktok or have a strong opinion on it specifically, but I really disagree with the notion that we should reflexively ban things because China banned something similar first.

China isn't playing by the rules here so there should be some form of sanction. If it's not banning Tiktok, then it should be something else.

> Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy

Sure but never copying China because "China bad" is also a bad policy. Sometimes, bullies only understand "tit for tat" language.