[ir77]

a....hahahaha?

the only way i interact with any facebook property is still with instagram and only through my safari browser running a plethora of adblocks that sometime give me connection issues -- probably 30% of the time i can't log in -- which is fine and forces me into a break.

i downloaded the app once because i had to reverify myself for reasons above, and it felt like i saw 5 ads, or suggested posts for people that i don't follow for every single picture from someone that i actually care about. most of the crap was videos, and i guess i'm old school and still only use/care for instagram as a photo utility.

when the browser trick with adblocker stops working i'll probably leave instagram for ever, i'm already half out the door.

i honestly don't understand how people tolerate such terrible experience and how they can have XXX million active users, don't people have some esthetic integrity?

[Pooge]

I agree completely with what you've said.

I installed Instagram about 2 years ago and I couldn't bear the number of posts from authors that I did not know about on the main timeline. The point of Instagram for me is to see my friends' pictures.

I uninstalled the app but only use the webapp to send messages to friends every now and then. I was thinking "maybe Instagram Lite is the answer", but it turns out it's the complete opposite; no messaging features, only timeline for doomscrolling.

We are calling it "social" media, but it sure isn't being social with friends. Can't monetize that.

[throwawaymobule]

You shouldn't use multiple adblockers. They tend to interfere with eachother in unexpected ways.

[BizarroLand]

Privacy Badger, PiHole, UBlock, Ghostery, Facebook Container, and Canvas Blocker all work together on firefox to keep my computing so ad free that if it weren't for federated social media I wouldn't even know what movies are coming out.

I can count on 1 hand the number of pages that have failed because of this combo and every single one of them are guilty of using a JS plugin that requires Chrome in order to function for some dumb reason, and I keep a copy of chrome around for those specific websites.