Fuck Insta. Garbage predatory app that depresses the fuck outta me. Why the fuck would I want an open source version of that? I don’t need social media that badly, I’ll survive just fine without it. Too many people perceive and live their lives through social media and doing it for the gram. Fuck that noise.

[–] sgnl@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

Pixelfed is more of the Instagram replacement.

Loops is TikTok focused.

No comment on the rest of your post, just FYI.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When it started, I liked it. It sucked after Meta bought it.

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I was a bit heated before, but you're right it wasn't bad in the beginning. But for myself, I ended up using it too much, to the point where I essentially planned out my weekends so I had things to post.

I guess you could say it was some ego-driven nonsense that motivated me to always be online and always having something new and fresh to show and always one upping myself to be bigger and better and bolder photos. But all of that burned me out. And in the end it was all so superficial 90% of the time.

Truthfully, eventually at some point, it just became depressing scrolling endlessly and seeing the best photos any photographer could want. It was just too much. That's not entirely Insta's fault, but also on me for not setting any limits or boundaries. But since uninstalling, my mental health went up noticeably quickly and I never looked back to use it because it serves no need for me.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

I liked Instagram when it was a camera alternative app only.