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Comment by cmeacham98 | Hacker News Reader

Simple: Facebook and Meta have garbage reputation compared to Instagram brand.

The public associates Facebook/Meta with excessive data collection, overhyped VR, intrusive tracking, etc. That association is much weaker with Instagram.

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Funnily enough, I scrolled to the "Data Linked to You" section and was not disappointed.

To be clear, I'm not saying that Instagram actually is any better than Meta/Facebook - but that their public perception isn't as disasterously tainted.

It's interesting. In media, Instagram is often portrayed as a device for young teens to feel insecure about themselves, leading to suicides and depressions, and the lack of any meaningful intervention by Meta/Instagram. Is that really a better public perception than privacy violations? Realistically looking at this, I doubt they'd get much of the Mastodon crowd, which is, grossly exaggerating, mostly tech and LGBTQ. So what remains is "normal" people who care about "normal" topics. I doubt these people care much about privacy (most of them are already on FB and Instagram).

Everything but your DNA, and if they could ask for that I’m sure they would

They wouldn’t need to ask for it, they’d just buy one of those diy-gene-test/family-history companies.

But that’s spending money. Easier if users give it away for free without a second’s thought

10% off if you use your IG handle

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