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> Quitting Instagram: She’s one of the millions disillusioned with social media. But she also helped create it.

Interesting how the people making these social media platforms are growing disillusioned with them and leaving them.

After they've made their money, of course.

See also: Facebook creators talking about how addictive and dangerous it can be, or this just posted today -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18450058

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I see where you're coming from. At the same time, what is the alternative? Is an employee of a company that you don't like condemned for life, forced to serve out their sentence or leave quietly?

It's reasonable for someone to join with good intentions and then later realize that something isn't working. It's also reasonable for that person to speak up once they leave; perhaps they can convince others to not make the same mistake.

What "mistake" are you referring to? It's hard for me to see the mistake. She joined a startup, enjoyed wild success, likely was rewarded well monetarily, and left to go do new things.

I was speaking broadly; I make no claim of whether this person made a mistake.

Reminds me of ex-presidents/ex-leaders who have regrets about decisions they made when we depended on them. Now when they're washed up and have zero clout, they're suddenly on our side again.

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