People I care about? My Instagram feed has long been chock-full of professional influencers hawking the latest fast-fashion trends, home cooks sharing their high-protein recipes, and random comedians doing stand-up bits. My actual friends are buried under a mountain of sponcon and memed-to-death dross.
By piling these new features on top of the old ones, Instagram is trying to make the app feel chummy and personal again. But it’s too far gone from that ideal, and the attempt to shift the feed’s focus from influencers to your IRL friends just feels awkward, and ultimately unconvincing.
I’ve been adding to Stories mainly for a long time, but it’s been a minute since I posted any photography there. It’s well established that photography is the last thing they care about over at Meta. I have a much longer rant about Meta, but I suspect you’ve heard it from much smarter people.