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    I (Sort Of) Stopped Using Instagram And This Is Why

    Over the past year, I’ve decided to stop using Instagram. To some, it may seem like this is based on recent business decisions from Meta and the rise of AI. But this decision has been brewing for a long time, since at least 2021, and I finally got to the point where my problems with Instagram vastly outweighed the benefits I was seeing from it. Okay. Here’s my problem with Instagram; and the reason I’ve sort of stopped using it. Stories, Reels and Maps (oh my!) A long time ago, Instagram was a platform for sharing photos. But it was more complicated than that. You would take a photo, and…