I find useful in the niche I'm interested in, VR artworks. The alternative are Facebook groups.
I think there are niches where the community isn't garbage. If you aggessively curate your feed you can get a decent experience.
Any links you can share?
I like instagram still. My friends post pictures of things they are doing and I look at them. Sometimes I post pictures of things I am doing and my friends look at them. What changed?