The Sleepover Club: Instagram Is In It's Flop Era
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
For the last five years, we've all collectively been lamenting the downfall of instagram. First, they took our chronological feed. Then, they pivoted to Reels. But as we all become increasingly exhausted with the platform, why can't we let go? And with the reaction to Elon Musk buying Twitter being so intense, do social media platforms owe anything to their users?
This week we're discussing how Instagram has become culturally void, whether TikTok is the future, and whether insta's downfall is an inevitable part of the cycle of social media or our reluctance to let it go signals a greater shift in our culture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Halima. Hi, Ioni. And hello to the listeners. Welcome to the Polyester podcast. I'm |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Aione. I'm the founding editor-in-chief of polyester and author of Poor Little Sick Girls. |
| 0:10.8 | And I'm Halima, the community editor of Polyester Zid and the co-host of the Polyester podcast. |
| 0:16.1 | This is a sleepover club episode, a feminist pop culture podcast. We pull apart the hashtag discourse in the hope of making some sensible. |
| 0:23.9 | Before we get started, please like, rate, review and subscribe. |
| 0:27.5 | Ione, do you have any reviews to read out this week? |
| 0:29.5 | We don't. |
| 0:32.3 | Sorry. |
| 0:33.0 | It's fine, it's fine. |
| 0:35.3 | Not awkward at all. |
| 0:36.5 | No, no, no. |
| 0:37.2 | This week, me and Ione are recording with a live studio audience of Rodrigo, our beautiful |
| 0:42.3 | tech assistants. |
| 0:43.4 | Yes, he's here today. |
| 0:44.9 | He's here today in the room. |
| 0:46.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.4 | This is our first time recording in person ever together. |
| 0:49.6 | Me and Olivia used to record in person together. |
| 0:53.3 | Hi, Livya. |
| 0:54.3 | Hi, Olivia. What Hi, Livia. |
| 0:56.1 | What are we talking about today or what are we talking about before we get started in |
| 0:59.6 | talking about today? |
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