• teawrecks
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    7 hours ago

    Sorry you got downvoted. It’s not an unpopular sentiment, it’s just a very tired one at this point. If everyone who made that argument instead just left, the problem wouldn’t exist.

    And yeah, the people you follow are there because it’s where their audience is. If you want them to move, you gotta be the change you wanna see.

    I mean, you’re here, so I have to assume I’m preaching to the choir to some extent.

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      7 hours ago

      Lol less that 1% of users probably think about the prerequisite line of thinking to even start that argument, then probably 1% of those would make that argument. A fraction of a percent won’t cause any change at all.

      What has been proven time and time and time and time again are that humans are extremely extremely lazy and will not do anything at all unless there is a direct and present threat to them or their way of life. Hence why the wealth gap can be almost the worst in history with only 1 person actually having done something at all meaningful about it across the world. People still haven’t moved off of fucking twitter, they aren’t going to move off of Instagram. Especially not when “influencers” that draw the most people make their livelihood specifically from being on Instagram.

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      7 hours ago

      If everyone who made that argument instead just left, the problem wouldn’t exist.

      That is simply not even true, because that would be like 0.01% of all Instagram users. It wouldn’t make a dent.

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        7 hours ago

        From my bubble, Meta and Zuckerberg are widely despised by the general public and have been for the better part of the last couple decades. I’ve never met a person who wants to be on their platform, only people who have to be. But you’re probably right, most of the users probably don’t even know who Zuckerberg is, or that Facebook ever renamed themselves.

        But are the personalities you want to follow on there really pulling an audience that…simple?