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I don't like Instagram very much any more, and here's why:
ChristenAllocco:
Really interesting.
Contrary to the author, I actually love Instagram stories. I try and use them more to share my process or a little piece of my life. For instance, I recently did a little light engrossing and and shared my whole process in little snippets from pencil, to ink, to paint. Then I shared an image of the final piece that evening.
I love getting an inside look on the real person behind an Instagram account through stories. It relieves us of some of those assumptions about a person's "perfect" life because we see them in their kitchens or their messy office.
I will say that I do not like new algorithm and I wish they'd bring back the chronological order. I don't understand why Instagram makes it so hard for someone to share a piece of their life. Facebook Pages are worse in that area though, the engagement is SO low unless you pay money to promote your posts.
Lastly, there are very few calligraphers in my area, so all my calligrafriends are on Instagram. I would feel so isolated without my Insta friends and this forum community!
Starlee:
@ChristenAllocco....you describing posting the process through stories has intrigued me enough to at least look at a story. I confess I haven't watched a single one. I barely have time to keep up with the pics posted by friends, let alone watch a story. But I can see their appeal.
Bianca M:
I, too, like to see processes that people sometimes post on IG stories, and I also like to share my processes that way. It can be very cool to watch, but it's not necessarily something that you'd want your feed cluttered with, especially since we really don't get the advantage of chronological viewing anymore. Le sigh. However, when I see that someone has posted a BUNCH of photos or videos on their story, like that example shown in the article here, I automatically skip the whole story. I am not totally sure why, but I can't hang. Especially when it's just videos of them talking into the camera - holy moly, I couldn't virtually run any faster.
I guess when it comes down to it, stories can be very cool as long as they're not just exhibitionism.
Ergative:
I'm fairly new to IG, and I just don't understand stories. I like the pictures of the work, not collections of plates of food with dog ears on them. So I just ignore them. I do wish that the pictures could be posted chronologically, but the number of people I follow is small enough that I can keep up with the new things anyway.
RD5:
I don't use instagram, but all these social media sites suffer from the same fundamental problems. One is that there is so much potential information, that it is hard to sort through, second is that there is a basic conflict of interest. The website wants to make money, and keep you infinitely engaged.
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