Instagram is doing too much
updated 5mo ago
Instagram is doing too much
- Instagram has taken notice. Last year, the head of IG Adam Mosseri said the platform has increasingly shifted resources to DMing, since the biggest growth areas for the app have been DMs and Stories. The grid doesn’t matter anymore. De-feeding your feed doesn’t mean you’re on IG less; it just means you’re probably flicking through Stories or messag... See more
from 🟧 The disappearing Insta grid by One Thing
Naz Aiman added
“Snapchat and BeReal understood this preference shift long ago. And now, scrubbing your feed is a way of taking some control back, refusing to put your past on display. It’s a design choice. Embracing negative space. Making anti-brand the brand. Refusing to participate in the popularity contest and the attention economy.”
- [Instagram] is a fun product that millions of people seem to love; that is unwholesome in large doses; that makes a sizable minority feel more anxious, more depressed, and worse about their bodies; and that many people struggle to use in moderation. What does that sound like to you? To me, it sounds like alcohol— a social lubricant that can b... See more
from Social Media Is Attention Alcohol by The Atlantic
Mark Fishman added
- It isn't just Instagram that’s changed, we have too.
A successful social product has a symbiotic relationship with its user base. It taps into users' latent desires and allows them to better connect with each other. However, how we connect and consume content evolves over time. Mosseri acknowledged these shifts in his video. "I do believe that more... See morefrom You don't want the old Instagram by Taylor Lorenz
Keely Adler added