alvarlagerlof

Is it worth it to host some disks for this?

Blob blob blob!

Sorry, what's that Dory?

Eli5?

I would run from that product.

No notifications on the platform is a deal breaker for me.

I don't think weather my photos were good or not has anything to do with this

Yeah, the exploration part of it doesn't reward original stuff. https://qz.com/quartzy/1349585/you-are-not-original-or-creat...

I can't get away from somewhere wanting to get a reaction from someone else, I think. It shouldn't really be that many and on a social platform though.

I find LinkedIn worse here

Doesn't your popularity in music largely determine whether you're able to do something as a job or not?

That's what's underlying always. But the whole app really skewed my motivations.

https://instagram.com/alvarlagerlof, and thanks, by the way.

Probably. I wouldn't have done it without the comments, because I wanted feedback.

I ended up using services to upload from my computer in the end.

This experience was part of what triggered a real depression for me but I feel you. I found that reducing friction as much as possible helps. Nowadays, if I take a photo, its whith my phone. The quality isn't as high, but there is almost no commitment.

True!

Yeah, I realized that growing meant nothing meaningful after a while. Kept growing, but nothing changed.

This is something that happened 5+ years ago, and maybe three years back. I reckon hashtags were bigger than right? Certainly seemed to work.

I could have been able to short-circuit that if I started now I suspect, but I was waay to young.

I did, but with the goal of getting more feedback.

I find taking photos with my phone much more accessible to these days. Memory cards, editor programs, just too much of a hassle.

This has been my experience too. I think people are tired of it. Now they've even started putting random popular from strangers posts on the feed too.

Yeah this was the reason I ended up there. Wanted to share with my family and friends. They all had Instagram on their phones.

Yeah for sure. I'm sad it took me so long to realize what was happening. Still have a very hard time picking up my camera. Taking pictures with my phone is easier. Maybe I should post more unsplash. Those that are there are just for testing, hundreds more on instagram, but I like the idea of sharing for free with the world.

I followed people I looked up to, and they were all doing it. So I started too.

I started doing it purely for fun and intrisic interest. Instgram slowly shifted my motivation to something that aligns more with their goals without me realizing.

I wrote this a while ago but it seemed relevant now with what's coming out about Facebook's internal research.

SM?

Take it easy...

Then teachers should be taught that in their education.

Maybe "The" being capitalized.

Maybe the problem is not explaining why students should care about what they're being taught. People learn automatically when they're interested.