[m_a_g]

The comment initially confused me, but after reading it twice, I completely agree with you.

I would love to delete the app, but Instagram has really become the norm for dating and connecting with people. The opportunity cost of not using it in your 20s is significant. I hope to delete it once I’m fully settled, but that might not happen anytime soon given the modern dating culture.

Sometimes, I wish I could live like the Amish.

[Marsymars]

By some irony, I only created an instagram account so that I could get some cookies to pass to yt-dlp to download some videos from a wedding shoot my wife and I did.

[projektfu]

When you have a real LTR they become jealous of you being on it.

[dhussoe]

My relationship is quite long-term, it can almost get its learner's permit, and we use Instagram all the time to, like, share cute animal videos from the Explore/Reels screens to each other, share stories to our friends of whatever we're doing together, or not together, and see our friends' stories.

idk if your partner is jealous of you using one of the top five social networking apps in the world that seems a little weird and maybe your relationship is not very healthy? it's instagram, not tinder or okcupid...

[saos]

> I would love to delete the app, but Instagram has really become the norm for dating and connecting with people

Really??

[m_a_g]

In my social circles, at least, the answer is yes. I live in a major city with many people from diverse backgrounds. It might be different in areas where tech people make up the majority.

I know for a fact that I wouldn't have been invited to some parties or met some really fun people if I didn't have Instagram. You don't have to post or be very active; you just need to have an account.

[seanmcau]

No, this is not true.

[johnnyanmac]

News to me. But I just left my 20's so maybe I'm late off the boat.

I'm not installing anything Meta for any potential date. maybe Twitter but that's already pushing it.