I'm not exactly an Instagram newbie. I've been running my cat's account for the past ten months or so. But before that - way before that - I was posting on... yeah, let's not.
But, yeah, not an Instagram newbie. But it's a social media account I've been resisting for the most part because, really, do I have to be there? But now I am. Not that I intend to hang out there. I joined a couple of weeks ago and I haven't posted anything. I mostly did it because I also made an account for the Once Monthly, and while I don't know if it's doing anything for reach - all it probably did is add to my workload, but you know, the more distractions, the better.
Still, I've been adding people to my own account, at least the few that I do know are there. Starting from scratch on a social media network is a pain a 34-year-old isn't supposed to feel because, you know, you should know people now, but then, it's difficult being a bit of an unloved non-entity, only remembered when they need to fill up a headcount at an impromptu class reunion. Anyway.
I'm still finding my way around the app. It's fascinating seeing who it recommends from a different starting point. I mean, sure, Facebook and Instagram have the same owner, but the former's recommendations are informed by the fact that I have added a lot of people in there, and now, I don't want to add everyone. Those recommendations come from when I was graduating from college. A lot has happened since. Again, I don't want to add everyone, and please stop recommending me the boogeyman, okay?
There's a category called "most mutual connections" and, in my case, it only has one name on it. Apparently, this person is also connected with three more of the people that I follow. But I don't know anything about this person. Revise that. I don't know this person. I doubt that I should be reaching out to them because we know the same people - that was never the rule - but, well, the algorithm won't know you have nothing in common, the same way the algorithm won't know our personal, intertwined, hard-to-erase histories.
Sorry, this isn't a substantial entry. Just plugging a quota, still; have been quite busy. Who am I apologizing to, though? Nobody reads this. Go on.
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