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I haven’t been on social media for 3+ years. What has changed?
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AI quite frustrating especially on YouTube. but at the same time, you can use AI to curate your for your page and to filter out content you’re not interested in on Instagram and my usage dropped significantly with that feature. I feel happier.
Algorithms made me really sensitive to what I search so I use alt accounts. If I search one thing once it floods me with that.
On YouTube there’s lots of repost videos, it will be 30 seconds of generic movie scene then an annoying edit of [No Batidão](https://youtu.be/GXioir-fujY?si=Hwm3QGM-LOPgl6xI)
I’ve been growing accounts (I run a hair business, one of them is a travel/food account) and you have to multiple reels a day and be consistent. Sometimes you have to use attention grabbing, big text titles to tell what your vid is or they only watch 2-3 seconds.
Zara Larsson made a comeback she was popular in 2016, lots of new singers. There’s also AI music
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Short‑form video took over, algorithms run the feeds, and AI is everywhere — from captions to ad creative. Social feels less polished now, more conversational, but also more commerce‑driven. tbh, If you left 3 years ago, it’ll feel like TikTok rules the world.
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Interesting that you say Reddit isn’t social media – for me it’s the only social platform left. All the others are forms of TV basically.
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Instagram and TikTok are a lot of AI content. X has significant gotten better. Can learn a lot as just a consumer.
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Not sure if it’s a major change but everything is a lot more sexual. Remember it used to be more pictures of nature and families, now it’s overblown with sex all over. Even if that’s not what your really looking for, I’d say youll probably run into 1 or 2 a day.
Rage baiting. Everyone’s angry at something or making some wild unverified claim.
Ads are all over the place too
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Imagine a bubbling pot in a corner. Now keep adding random things to the pot until it boils over from unrelated ingredients, spills onto the floor burns your feet and eventually the entire house catches on fire.
Now imagine you return to this process each day while trying to make a coherent meal with the same exact results.
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nuance is dead and be ready for the pancake and waffle argument every other business day
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Videos dominating
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“Please! I just want to see what my friends are up t-”
🤫 “NO. THIS IS SLOP AND YOU WILL LIKE THE SLOP”
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