On Instagram: they'll discontinue ig live shopping, which is at least some good news.
Fb: I've been out of it and the reality is millennials and gen z won't be joining it. They know that.
Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok.
Fb: I've been out of it and the reality is millennials and gen z won't be joining it. They know that.
Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok.
I don't use Tiktok or have a strong opinion on it specifically, but I really disagree with the notion that we should reflexively ban things because China banned something similar first.
Sure but never copying China because "China bad" is also a bad policy. Sometimes, bullies only understand "tit for tat" language.
Mostly it feeds me soft porn, and my friends have kind of posted the same things over and over, which has become kind of boring. Food pics, workout pics, whatever.
It's gotten to the point where I'm just actually bored with the platform in general, not necessarily the content.
Facebook, I just have zero interest in going anywhere near it, it's so, so, so boring.
I have noticed that if I don't use Instagram for a few days I end up with generic, lowest-common-denominator videos. Scantily clad females, bar fights, car accidents, etc.
But if I start seeking out and watching the stuff I actually like, the feed updates itself within a day or two and I get content that I actually want to watch.
If I actually want to "watch" something, I open Youtube, seems to me like the content on there is 10x better.
Each to their own.
It was fun for a while but yeah, not really sure it’s worth my time, or that it ever really was.
At least TikTok is giving me things I search for.
I have +5 years without fb so that's that.
Twitter serves its purpose for (news, articles, etc...).
Good point, the only way for 'Meta' shares to go up and for investors to have some confidence in 'Meta' is by Tiktok being banned in US (and other western countries like EU, Canada etc).
Automatically, the advertising money which was to go to Tiktok will go to Instagram (via Reels).
"Too simple of an app"
The end goal isnt protecting US citizens. It's weaponizing information to use against perceived threats, both foreign and domestic.
If I were Snapchat I would be making moves to jump at this opportunity. I feel they're positioned the best to take that market share out of all of the current competitors, for the simple fact they've kept their core UI & model virtually unchanged.