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I'm being old here I know - but instagram is surely the nadir of social media.

Big brother facebook, cousin whatsapp - and even twitter, snapchat and tiktok on the other side of the tracks can actually say that they can fulfill a useful purpose.

Instagram just seems to go out of their way to ensure nothing of any importance can be transmitted on the platform. Crappy little pictures with some token text, just enough to plug the sponsor.

I think my point was I just don't see how it's healthy to anyone. If a magic wand was waved and instragram vanished - I can't even imagine a downside.



It's fine for sharing travel pics with your friends, but an abomination for anything that touches money.




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