For me as a photographer, when I’m scrolling through Instagram, it feels like I’m looking at a dying system. Like watching flowers, which are actually already dead and start losing their beauty slowly but steady.
I remember the days when Instagram was a fun place to hang out. A place where you could discover other photographers from all over the planet. A place where one click on a tag outside your ‘normal’ behavior did not unleash the algorithm to spam you with a feed completely filled with related images.
Not to mention the ads. I hate ads. Accidentally clicking on them reinforces the algorithm even more. Of course I see the need for ads from a business perspective, but there are other ways. I would gladly pay a monthly subscription to use Instagram ad-free. Well, the old Instagram that is.
Recent changes in how Instagram works have made it far less attractive for photographers. The focus has shifted to video and it’s becoming more and more of an advertising vehicle. Even in the fe…
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