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On amazon, for years, their algo has been trying to sell me things i have previously purchased. And not thing you would ever need two of.
Aliexpress is like "oh you looked at a woodworking tool? Okay here's every conceivable accessory for that tool, tools you might use with that tool, supplies for that tool, and if you don't show interest in any of that i'll gradually widen the scope of suggestions and throw in some curveballs."
Like America is not sending their best.
Yo this would go great in my toilet seat collection
Amazon keeps trying to sell me a Sonic the Hedgehog board game because l bought a IDW Sonic comic on Kindle 5 years ago.
Yes amazon has been trying to sell me a second of the same router for 2-3 years now.
Who buys the same consumer router twice?? If I wanted another router I'd buy a newer model at least.
You know what would go great with that TV? Another TV
I bought a bucket of assorted polyhedral dice for D&D and Amazon spent the next two years recommending bulk teaching aids. Counting cubes, bulk vinyl shapes, number lines, etc.
My friends at least know that I am implacable when it comes to my hatred for social media so they don't try to make me use it
I have Facebook, but that's because I mainly got it for messenger
Gotta organize group chats without exchanging phone numbers you know
Signal let's you do that now but probably not as convenient as fb. You can also sign up with a Google voice number.
The algorithm also isn't as good, tik tok shows way more interesting and relevant content. It's also easier to get new stuff. Instagram always shows me just the worst garbage I'm not interested in.
And the comments, my god. Rampant bigotry. Tik tok will have some but Instagram is a cesspool.
I think Tiktok still wants you to see things you want to see, while all the American socials stopped pretending long ago and are just fascism pipelines now.
Tiktok's algorithm is scary good. When I had an account, I think it took maybe a few days of careful use of the like/follow buttons to train it properly. I have no complaints about Tiktok. The only reason I don't use it is because I'm not personally a fan of short-form video content. I think it's about as non-shitty as a corporate-owned social media platform can get.
what I don't get about Insta is how unlike 4chan, all your shit is literally far from anonymous, but yet the people there comment the most reactionary, Hitlerite shit that rivals Stormfront/old school 4chan.
Hell - Instagram reels kinda reminds me of 4chan but without its distinct culture and instead of being closeted genius neurodivergent Nazi weeb mass shooter degenerates, they got cringe ass 15 year old teens tryna be edgy saying the same racist shit over and over again
I wonder if the 4chan beings of yesteryear complain about the kids these days who don't put in the work and just wanna say slurs
Why would anyone use this over TikTok?
No autoplay. That's why.
Autoplay is cancer and a violation of my consent.
I fucking hate that. But I found out you can start the app on mute at least. But once you un-mute, you can't re-mute.
My friends prefer insta and I got bullied into making one too and omg I prefer tiktok as well.
If I have to see one more shitty ad about another c-list influencer trying to shill their mid fast fashion "designs" I'm gunna cry.
instagram was pretty cool like 10 years ago when it was just people sharing square cropped photos with shitty filters. no instagram celebrities. no instagram businesses. no ads. just random people's vacation slides and pet photos and ugly party snapshots.
then zuckerberg bought it and tried to turn it into facebook + ticktok + snapchat. reels. ads. "sponsored content". pay to show your shit to everyone. hashtags became useless because why would you want to view niche or random interesting things when you can look at stuff that someone paid to have show up every time you swipe?
Why would anyone use this over TikTok?
its the best way I've found to find events and cool groups in my area. like truly countless awesome events, and queer parties and spaces. also the tic tok algo is TOO good, it knows exactly how to enrage me and piss me off with targeted precision.
How do you use Insta to find events?
sorry fell asleep. follow leftist and vegan and local queer groups you know of, they often collab with other groups and such . and i follow accounts specifically about things to do in my nearby cities. Many vegan accounts that review vegan places will also promote a lot of veg fest and pop-up shops. and at some point, the algo locked in on what I want and now it brings me cool stuff all the time. also if there's a leftist group you know is legit, see who the account follows. there are often lots of more casual queer/leftist spaces, i don't wanna get to specific in case i self dox lol.
For me its usually that local orgs and groups cross promote each other and their events. There are also region specific accounts that just aggregate events on certain topic.
For those with android, look up a revanced app for android + tiktok build. you can block all the ads and also remove any tiktok shop crap too.
I will never use a social media platform that is not primarily text-based.
Would using the desktop version with ublock origin in firedox stop the ads? I cut meta completely out of my life this year. Deleted my decade old facebook and that nuked my insta along with it. I never used it though, the last time I logged into it was to congratulate my ex on giving birth to her boy.
yeah the pwa install w firefox and ublock blocks ads pretty good
This post inspired me to reinstall tiktok even though I’ve never used IG lol
All the trans girls I follow on tiktok progressed so much from when I last saw them, I’m jealous 
again, the only reason to have instagram is to bully libs in the comments of betoota advocate posts
I have never read the comments, I hear they're baaaaaaad
I started a new FB account in an attempt to get engagement to my business and holy shit, same. Meta just seems to be wear social engagement goes to die. It's just thirst bait and rage bait.
I also started a TikTok account and, honestly, it's ok. I'm enjoying it way better than reddit for political discourse, though not as well as on hexbear. The libs still be libbing there so I still get some people crying about Kamala but the commie-tok and neuro-spicy-tok has been really nice. I wanna start adding hobby stuff and see how it goes.
But yeah, Insta and FB are absolute cesspools.
Yo btw, Instagram is actually the platform of choice for breakdancers to post their vids, there's A LOT of really sick accounts to follow, it might make your experience better. Here's a small sample:
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bboyshigekix
philkwizard
b_girl_yurie
bgirl_nicka
lilgvenezuela
roxrite95
neguinism
bboyhiro10
amir_pdvl_predatorz
emmamisakk
bgirl671liuqingyi
lorenzo_bboy
hijck
bboyhongten
uzeerock
bgirljilou
bboycreate
bboyissin
lilzooisme
bboypocket
world_power_moves
redbullbcone
crashfestbattle
A lot of those are world champions, Olympic medalists, professional dancers, etc.
Thank you!
are you using reels? that's your problem.
How do I fucking use this dog shit app then? Why are all these social media things so fuck esoteric with their UI?! 
The only reason for Insta is to send Tiktoks to people without Tiktok.
The ads are a bit much on Instagram but there are a lot of awesome bakers on there that I follow.
I downloaded Tiktok just to see what all the fuss was about and I just got a bunch of thirst trap content and videos for a nearby tourist destination so I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong or what.
Eww that's terrible. I'm glad I never got shown stuff like that
Definitely. I've barely used tiktok and it knows to serve me commie and cat vids.
Just swipe quickly on those. Mark "not interested" if a subject is persistent. The algo will figure you out soon enough
Have you tried Threads yet?
It’s full of bot posts/repeated posts by different accounts and engagement farmers/rage bait. There’s some good stuff on there, but you have to wade through a lot of the above.
A lot of orgs (also bookstores that I like) promote their events mainly on insta
I agree tho that the algorithm and ad parts suck
My experience of insta was having reel after reel of weird ragebait headline shit and the most depraved comments when all i wanted to do was follow a few trans creators... Promptly deleted it afterwards
Insta trans stuff is impossibly bad. I literally can't engage with trans content creators because the comments are vile.
my only exposure to other social media platforms is though the occasional binge of youtube shorts, and just via second hand evidence of the slop thats reuploaded from tik tok and instagram, I have to agree that instagram appears to be flat out radioactive to me. Like a pack of starving wild dogs seem friendlier than instagram.
I use the MyInsta mod, it gets rid of the ads. For TikTok there's TikTokModCloud
Lol my IG was set to Thai for weeks.
Have fun stimming