> Search for something generic like "computer" and you can see an example of how hard it is to get information instead of ads.
To be fair, "computer" is such a generic term, I can't even imagine what you expect to see when you search for it.
Tangentially, I find IG's place in the social media panoply to be fascinating. It's the only service that everyone seems to feel positively about: it doesn't inspire the loathing that Facebook and Twitter does or the mockery that Snapchat does (even by their users).
But watching people use Instagram is the closest I see people coming to the popular addict/junkie metaphor and the stereotype of smartphones and social media turning us into slackjawed automatons in thrall to a colorful Skinner Box. It's really eerie.
Well there is actually some mockery about the lengths some people go to alter their perceived appearance[0].