Instagram is absolute garbage compared to how it used to be. It’s still massive. Once people are hooked, it’s hard to wean them off. People were livid at reddit, but only a fraction of those who spoke up are here
More than anything, it’s that people resist change. They’ll stick to what they are doing until sometime after it becomes very clear that they shouldn’t any longer.
It’s hard because once you got a place where all your friends are, it will be extremely hard to leave because it’s not like they’ll follow you and move to something like mastadon, pixelfed, or lemmy.
My friends are on Instagram, if I wanted to find my classmates, they would all be on there. My parents are on facebook, there’s no chance for those old guys to move to something else.
Unfortunately, if twitter has shown us anything, it’s social networks are ridiculously hard to destroy, even when actively self-sabotaging
Instagram is absolute garbage compared to how it used to be. It’s still massive. Once people are hooked, it’s hard to wean them off. People were livid at reddit, but only a fraction of those who spoke up are here
The average user doesn’t even know anything happened.
API? That’s like being gay or trans right?
They’re hard to destroy until something (people view as) better shows up. My buddy Tom from MySpace got out while the getting was good.
Digg on the other hand did not see it coming.
God I miss pre-Digg Reddit.
You’re back there now! Lemmy now is pretty much like Reddit pre-2008.
They were falling off as of V3, V4 deffo killed them off though.
Nowadays they’re (kinda) back as a daily dose website.
Dude cashed out right at the peak, then took his money and travels the world with it. Tom never has to work another day in his life.
More than anything, it’s that people resist change. They’ll stick to what they are doing until sometime after it becomes very clear that they shouldn’t any longer.
It’s hard because once you got a place where all your friends are, it will be extremely hard to leave because it’s not like they’ll follow you and move to something like mastadon, pixelfed, or lemmy.
My friends are on Instagram, if I wanted to find my classmates, they would all be on there. My parents are on facebook, there’s no chance for those old guys to move to something else.