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UnkindlyDisagree t1_ivfkl5v wrote

Ayyy that big fat red Share button under the title.

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onairmastering t1_ivgam7s wrote

I don't see it, maybe cuz I use adblock?

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thruster_fuel69 t1_ivildix wrote

It appears you've decreased social skill in, advertising, please accept these demerits.

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Ssider69 t1_ivfuq5h wrote

I'm an avid user of Reddit because I prefer to read articles and consider the information presented

But I've never had the urge to share my life via social media. It's great for me if I go see the Pyramids but why would anyone else care that I went?

Social media is a product that mostly invented its own demand. The ultimate bootstrap paradox

I remember when you went on vacation and other people sped away in their vehicles when you offered to show them photos of you in front of some monument or natural wonder...and then of course share photos of the hotel lobby, the rental car agency and the gas station you stoped in to buy a slushy

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ShrimpGangster t1_ivg6hwp wrote

I share my vacation photos on social media so grandma can scroll through it at her leisure and leave nice comments :)

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moosemasher t1_ivg0nbw wrote

That still largely happens, people uploading photos with the idea that all of their followers/friends care enough to look through them all. They still don't get looked at largely, or at least not to the extent that the people uploading them think they do. Take reddit for example, few people read the articles submitted, they just want to spout off in the comments.

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ShrubberyDragon t1_ivhsufw wrote

I don't know, I come back from trips after posting photos and videos of what I have seen and always get quite a few people saying how they love seeing all of the photos of my travels because they will likely never get to go to these places.

I've found over the years that a lot of people live vicariously through the photos I take, at first It made me sad because they should be out there living life and experiencing things first hand but now I have realized not everyone can for one reason or another so I keep posting, for me it isn't showing off or that I have an expectation that people will see and "like" a photo...it's really for those who enjoy seeing it and also as a memory bank for me...I have a terrible memory so I take a lot of photos of what I experience and can experience it all again when I see the photo in the future

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kuriboharmy t1_ivg05ml wrote

I'm the same I don't use Twitter, Facebook, instagram and use discord and Reddit only plus I'm ugly those posting pictures of myself sound counterproductive. But I'm basically asocial.

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44problems t1_ivjwvyw wrote

Because you have family and friends that like to see what you are doing? If my friends visited the pyramids I'd like to see a picture. I guess having people they like in their lives is a foreign concept to Redditors

"But I don't care what my aunt whatever is doing". Then don't follow them, let me know if you need instructions

Though for pictures of my kids, I use a shared album on Google photos. They don't need to be public.

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thick_curtains t1_ivk2a4r wrote

We had family in town last week and we scrolled through years of Google photos and videos on the family room TV. No social media needed. Was a blast. I personally don't think I'll ever go back to Facebook or Instagram. I think social media can be utilized for businesses, but most of that use is super artificial and may not align to the actual experience presented.

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SinCityFC t1_ivfrr0c wrote

If you’re not posting your life on instagram, can you really say you’re really living? Curious.

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moosemasher t1_ivg0vpf wrote

If a tree falls in the wood and no one is around to say, "What's up, YouTube? The craziest thing just happened..." Then did it really fall?

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SkyXDay t1_ivfstme wrote

Probably not. If at every experience your brain is trained to whip out a camera. You’ve already lost the moment.

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Latyon t1_ivg1902 wrote

When I went to see Lady Gaga's ArtRAVE in Houston a few years back, at one point Gaga pulled a bunch of teenagers out of the audience to join her on stage and dance

And all of them were having the time of their lives

Except this one fucking kid who immediately took out his phone and started taking selfies and I think livestreaming from his phone. Not interacting with Gaga, or the crowd. Literally on stage with Lady Gaga in front of thousands of people and the only thing he could see was his phone screen.

I think about that kid a lot. What a fuckin' tool.

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CatastropheJohn t1_ivftku3 wrote

Yep. Quality vs quantity. Former pro photographer here. I post on IG like once a year.

If it’s not worthy of printing and framing, then it’s not worth posting I.m.o

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poop2live t1_ivg0jvj wrote

I use this almost verbatim when I explain to people why I didn't take a picture.

"Erm, I don't know? Because I was busy enjoying the moment and taking it all in?"

"That's silly. How will you remember?"

I don't understand people.

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I_Mix_Stuff t1_ivfsvap wrote

Fine, I'm not posting my portraits on Instagram, will do BBC instead.

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BigBangBrosTheory t1_ivgafvf wrote

"I realized I was being narcissistic and desparate for attention, so I decided to submit my photos and story about myself to the BBC to talk about how not wanting attention makes me so great and not narcissistic."

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dizc_ t1_ivgztk8 wrote

Does this mean instead of your portrait you're gonna post your BBC?

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Daybit1 t1_ivhgrju wrote

Bold of you to assume my BBC isn’t my portrait.

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dizc_ t1_ivitr4e wrote

Sorry for assuming your gender.

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BBQallyear t1_ivg6k0z wrote

Did a few days vacation in Europe recently with a friend, only to find that they’re obsessed with taking selfies. It was painful to watch.

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xigloox t1_ivfrezz wrote

This is incorrect.

Everyone knows life is the gram. Gram is the life.

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Graysuhn t1_ivgmfx4 wrote

“More to life than posting on instagram” *posts on reddit

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Then-Score4232 t1_ivfu7mx wrote

Oh wow really there is, wow thank you BBC, so insightful

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FoolHooligan t1_ivfousc wrote

Yeah there's also posting on reddit!

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tacticalcraptical t1_ivhahso wrote

I am a living breathing testament to this headline because I am, in fact, alive and do many things and yet I have not ever posted on Instagram.

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osmystatocny t1_ivhpnbd wrote

But if I don’t post it on Insta, did it really happen?

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notoldbutnotyoung t1_ivibj0w wrote

I got really into posting my art and music on IG but at some point it started messing with my head. If a piece I posted didn’t get a certain amount of likes I questioned why it didn’t do as well as the last post. Then I found myself producing work for the wrong reasons, chasing likes. And what the fuck can you do with likes anyways? Can’t pay my rent with them or buy food. So I had this idea that I would sell the art piece for the amount of likes it got…but then I just decided to stop posting and go live in the real world. Much happier now.

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Fortunoxious t1_ivh2bgc wrote

Dude I don’t even know what Instagram is, after all this time. Something about pictures, not sure why you couldn’t just do that on some other social media.

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c0nfluks t1_ivfunuy wrote

Are people that fazed out from reality? What in the fuck...

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moosemasher t1_ivg1wuv wrote

>I have regained some of that sense of freedom and peace that I experienced when I quit alcohol

That's either a lot of drinking, a lot of social media, or both. Also lol at the classic "I am announcing to Instagurn/Fartbook that I am quitting social media," and then letting us know it was her most liked post. I am glad she can have a cup of tea now without letting the world know, though she has just let the world know that she can have a cup of tea without letting the world know.

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KanosKohli t1_ivg81ku wrote

I don't have insta but life ducks. Got loads of karma though.

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xtrsports t1_ivgkkr4 wrote

Gayle or whatever her name looks a bit too old to say some shit like "there is more to life than just instagram".

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[deleted] t1_ivgkux6 wrote

Yep there is: Reddit and Imgur just to name two

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HitNRun_ t1_ivglmc9 wrote

Like posting on Reddit!

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WiseIndustry2895 t1_ivgna0e wrote

'There really is more to life than posting on TikTok”***

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dbrownfi t1_ivgo1pd wrote

Hey bbc, fuck you.

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littleMAS t1_ivgr287 wrote

"Tish-tosh and fiddle-faddle."

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welestgw t1_ivgrguo wrote

Exactly, shit posting on Reddit.

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F0urlokazo t1_ivgzv2x wrote

Who said there's not?

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sorvis t1_ivgzvrj wrote

Give us a life where we can afford things like housing, vehicles and maybe a fucking family... You know why some people value things like social media or video games more then they really should? Because its all they have.

I love my family but without them when the go this rat race slavery life we're slowly getting pushed into will be down one less human because we were not born FOR capitalism we were born into it and it's a fucking cancer sliding us into facism

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cosmernaut420 t1_ivh44zc wrote

It's fucking absurd this needs to be said out loud. Fucking social media is cancer.

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downonthesecond t1_ivhse9w wrote

Yes, there's also TikTok and Twitter to post on.

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rocket_beer t1_ivhtb6q wrote

Never used that thing before.

Not sure how that is a minority position…

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hulagway t1_ivieuxn wrote

I use instagram to search for photos of places I plan on visiting. Tiktok if I want a video of the place. Facebook for info.

That aside, the lady didn’t like posting on IG so she posted on BBC instead.

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Slappynipples t1_iviuas9 wrote

As well as funding meaningless wars

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[deleted] t1_ivj3mvn wrote

It just annoys me now that you are considered suspicious or weird if you don't post often on social media.

Also I didn't read article, mainly because I know its going to be someone posting their life on a platform about them not wanting to post their life on a platform

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revocer t1_ivji7rc wrote

There really is more to life than posting on ___________________.

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moxyte t1_ivlpu83 wrote

BBC bringing the news, who would have thought...

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Gathorall t1_ivgxkbi wrote

Yeah there is. It's not even my taxpayer money and I'm still pissed at BBC for financing this vapid shit.

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MonkeyAlpha t1_ivfpagf wrote

Will I be banned for posting feet pics on Instagram?

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