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To think that instagram has jumped the shark?

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boredyboredy · 14/08/2018 15:33

I used to really love instagram it as a place to get inspiration, eduction or a point in the right direction to go do some research myself on various topics, but am getting bored of it.

The influencer wars (with some clearly playing the game more than others Hmm ), the woke activists who are beginning to believe their own hype (their content becoming about them and how good they are), even the naice art and design accounts that I predominately follow are beginning to be a little lacking.

AIBU to think that insta is in a death spiral? If so (because clearly I have forgotten life before it) where do people find informative and / or creative inspiration outside of it these days. Blogs seem to have died, and facebook is a non starter!

NC because well I am bored!

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KateMumsnet · 14/08/2018 18:31

Hi all

We've just deleted a few posts which discussed the state of mind and wellbeing of an Instagrammer. While we generally try to allow discussion of ethics and best practice on Instagram, we hope you'll all agree that it's not really in the spirit to make personal comments about people who have posted vocally about their difficulties. We hope you all understand - we're going to delete posts which refer to this person for now so please do avoid that. If the thread ends up full of holes we'll have to take the whole thing down.

Just a heads up, too, that, while there's clearly a great deal of interest in this relatively new area of 'public' family life, we don't think that's a justification for a free-for-all on people who are themselves finding their way. Please do be aware that after a certain point, threads which are critical of an individual or individuals move beyond robust critique, and start to feel a lot like a pile-on - tbh no-one comes out of that covered in glory. We're going to be keeping a close eye, so please do make sure that you'd be happy to say what you post if it were face to face, and listen to the mods if they let you know that the limit of reasonable criticism has been reached.

As many of you know, we operate an informal 'three strikes' policy on MN - we're definitely going to be applying that here, and we'd be sorry to have to wield the banhammer, so please do take care.

Thanks all,

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MichaelMumsnet · 14/08/2018 19:10

We've posted twice on this thread to politely ask that it be kept on topic. We'll continue to delete anything that is an attempt to derail the thread...

We've just deleted a few posts which discussed the state of mind and wellbeing of an Instagrammer. While we generally try to allow discussion of ethics and best practice on Instagram, we hope you'll all agree that it's not really in the spirit to make personal comments about people who have posted vocally about their difficulties. We hope you all understand - we're going to delete posts which refer to this person for now so please do avoid that.

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KateMumsnet · 14/08/2018 21:17

Sorry ShirleyPhallus - a couple of cross wires here. We'll undelete those now.

To those who are wondering about the deletions missed my earlier post, it's over here.

Just to be clear, this isn't a sudden new rule, as someone suggested upthread - it's a short-term solution to a particular situation involving someone who's had a tough time, and which tbh was not showing MN at its best.

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KateMumsnet · 14/08/2018 23:39

Genuinely not Semperdiem - just trying to do the right thing.

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KateMumsnet · 15/08/2018 00:03

Hi Babaloo88 - looks like you might have missed the earlier MNHQ posts on the thread.

We were talking amongst other things about striking a balance between the genuine public interest in this new-ish form of exposure, and avoiding personal attacks on individuals who are all feeling their way in a new arena. What you've posted isn't a personal attack, exactly - but it's not really making anyone's lives easier or contributing to the central debate. It's the kind of thing that, if you're on the receiving end of it, feels like someone just having a bash for the sake of it, and which we'd like to see less of, if we're honest.

Sorry to single you out but you did slightly walk into that one Grin

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