I’ve had to block a close friend on my phone. It feels really extreme but I’ve had the same phone number since 1997 and if someone has decided to use it to gain free access to my brain and spit angry crazy shit at me they gotta go.
To quote one of my oldest friends “we all have a right to remove as much friction from our lives as we can” to which I would add that at a certain point a friendship can cease to be a friendship and turn in to something far weirder and more negative and I’m really not down for it.
What has happened to Instagram. All I get now is shit videos and nothing from anyone that I follow. It’s gone insane. Is the balance well off now on posts from friends to recommended things because you watched so and so or have I done something stupid?
Yes, the algorithm overlords are running wild. I can just about deal with the occasional related post, but now its throwing shit at you thats tenuous at best and its way, way over the top.
It’s quite horrible, isn’t it? I was subjected to the new TikTok clone update around two weeks ago. I’ve since deleted the app. For now, the work-around is to log on via mobile/desktop browser - you get the old feed and without ads, but it’s impossible to create stories. I tried deleting then reinstalling but it reverted back to the new format after a day or so. Meta has really fucked this one up.
All I get on IG now is suggested posts. I swear the more you mark as ‘not interested’ the more you get its literally every two or three ‘regular’ feed posts. So infuriating
