Instagram is obsessed with me (and you)

Instagram is obsessed with me Jun 14, 2026 🥴 If you know me, you know I have some negative feelings about the enshittification of social media. Specifically, the soulless, science-based addiction-maxxing patterns designed to keep users hooked [1]. Here’s a fun quote from the guy Justin Timberlake played in The Social Network: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?” - Sean Parker, Facebook founding president Parker also admits that platform features (likes, notifications, etc) are designed around giving users “a little dopamine hit”, which works “because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology”. That’s nice. I’m not gonna argue that everyone needs to immediately delete their social media accounts and never touch them again.

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