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Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s about time Instagram enshittifies in a grotesque way, grotesque enough for people to realize it’s shit (because it’s enshittified).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a big corpo site with a bunch of normal people using it. Theirs no hope in them leaving no matter how bad it gets because "mai friends are all on it".

[–] extremeboredom 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When I deleted my Instagram, I was initially hesitant because "my friends were all on it." But when none of them ever spoke to me again outside of Instagram, I understood that they were not friends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which is good that you know now.

Not being on social media has helped me connect with friends more if anything, when i meet them irl they can tell me about their vacation, their new dog etc. because i didnt see it. Interacting with friends got human again and not a "yep seen that on fb" conversationkiller.

I also do not ever miss any of the people who i thought were important to keep touch with. Because i got their phone number and they got mine we COULD contact each other. But guess what we dont.

[–] captainlezbian 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I don’t want to see how my loved ones’ lives are going, I want them to tell me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For being part of meta, Instagram is relatively good (Instagram let's you pause suggested post, can easily modify your algorithm by telling it what not to show or what to show, can skip ads, for now, and it's the best way to see good tik toks without going to that site), so it was just a matter of time it got enshitified

I wonder what they'll do with WhatsApp next

[–] glimse 3 points 3 weeks ago

I use Instagram to post animal pictures. Any time I try to "browse" I see an ad every third post and give up.