RoamingScott wrote:
IG is deader than dead for photography. Y’all should check out Vero, much better platform all the way around.
Yes, it is infuriating the way Adam & Co at IG have decidedly abandoned photographers (you know - the people who made IG successful in the first place) in their frantic, money-driven choice to be a tik-tok wannabe. The engagement I experience is a fraction of what it used to be. *There is one little secret that most people don't know about though: If you click on the Instagram logo in the top/left corner, you can then select "Following", and now your feed will only be those you follow instead of all the ads and garbage that IG thinks you want to see. You have to click on that option each time you open your page, as it doesn't stick.
It's been interesting to watch the masses run over to Vero, but going from one's large number of followers to starting from scratch doesn't sound too appealing, and I have to wonder how long will it be until the people at Vero start making crazy direction choices too. They will have to monetize it at some point, so perhaps users will eventually have to pay?
Sep 22, 2022 at 12:01 AM
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