I was fired from Instagram today!

I was responsible for story comments

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Boys Club
September 06, 2024

Bonjour,

Summer is over, time to lock in and set some goals.

Club news:

  • The Boys are doing Brunch in Singapore with Harpie, plus our community supporters Leather.io, Alchemy, and Serotonin. RSVP here.

  • In today's episode of Malware, we cover Brazil’s Twitter ban, Trump’s DeFi project, and a humanoid robot. Listen here.

ily,

Writer: Natasha (insta)
Editor: Deana

Instagram launched a new feature this week that has most people going…

You can now leave comments on stories that other followers will be able to see.

The feature launch tracks with the general take that Instagram has lost the plot and is looking to find herself in all the wrong places.

My takes are twofold:

First, this feature release is the latest in a long line of shallow internet interactions that perpetuate superficial relationships and exacerbate the loneliness epidemic. We should really just pick up the phone and check in on each other.

Second, RIP to the reply guys who, until now, have lived in the peace of privately responding to thirst traps in DMs. It's only a matter of time before the new UX trips them up, leading to a public comment they can never recover from. Rest in power, kings.