It is a hideous load of vacuous shite. "Influencers", just that fucking word makes my piss boil...!!

Facts! I hate it so much and I hate that I haven’t been able to delete it. It’s so evil. I started using an app called Freedom to lock me out of Instagram for hours at a time and tbh, I’ve started feeling better emotionally, been more productive, better sleep, and better energy overall. Fuck instagram tbh

It is a horrible feedback loop of self esteem manipulation. So easy to read into what you see there and take on subconscious direction from the techosphere. I literally traveled around the world being directed by Facebook thinking it would lead me to fame, Fortune and success. It just led me to things I never knew about. I remember thinking that more likes was leading me to more success, But actually it was just me proving I was typical and stupid and insecure about my self esteem. There is a lot out there in the world that people should experience, And in an ideal world the banks or the government should pay for people to learn about these different things. If people could actually go out and participate respectfully in their/ other cultures instead of working their lives away, Working class hatred would evaporate. Instead it is only people with disposable income who can beat cultural ignorance and working class stupidity. Sheesh.

Deleting it was one of the best decisions I’ve made.

I wonder if there are any open source apps that do the samething as the freedom app. I should probably use something like that to cut time off apps.

Do let me know if you find an open source one. I’d happily switch. If not, someone needs to build it ⚡️⚡️

If I find anything I'll let you know 🤝

Easy to spend time on here also! But importantly without the toxicity

I have never understood why one should publish these things at all 🤔

Instagram: The app that lures you in with cute family photos and then traps you in an endless loop of brain candy and impulse buys. It’s like the shopping channel but with worse selfies and more distractions. Btw Turkey blocks Instagram for removing content on Ismail Haniyeh—because blocking the blocker is the ultimate way to make a point.

never used it.

Instagram is EVIL… you palpably feel it’s insidious tentacles entering or leaving your brain 🐙

Used to be such fun ways to interact, mental health aside. I think 7-8 years ago people my age had much healthier usage. Maybe 20 minutes per week. I got locked out in 2020 because I refuse to install the app to upload a facial scan. The only people I know that use Facebook or Instagram are only on it to promote their business, everyone else under 40 years old is off it.