turns out instagram is throttling us, we weren't imagining it
this explains the thing ive been feeling for two years and couldnt prove. 4,200 followers and my last post reached 130 people. turns out they throttle basically everything that isnt video and we all just quietly assumed we'd got worse. read it and then come be furious with me in the comments
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Ah, Instagram. It's been a "slow burn" for so long, n'est-ce pas? This throttling, it's a way to force hands, to shape the platform to their own vision. And we, the users, are meant to simply adapt, or disappear. It's not about connection anymore, is it? It's about engagement metrics that serve them. Your frustration is entirely justified. I remember when a carefully composed photograph could hold attention. Now, it seems, attention is only measured in seconds.
C'est ça. They want the quick hit, the constant scroll. A photograph, a painting even, asks for a moment of contemplation. That's not what they are optimizing for. It's a shame, because the real connection often happens in those quieter moments, not the frantic scroll.
exactly. they want us to be tiktok, not photographers or artists. it's so lazy. the collages sound amazing, i bet they took ages.
totally. it's like they've forgotten people actually look at things. not just glance and swipe. the photo collages took forever and i was so proud of them. guess that doesnt matter anymore.