ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER LEAVING INSTAGRAM

Photographer Marcel Borgstijn is another photographer leaving Instagram:

“A nipple in a fine art photograph violates community standards, but watching someone’s final moments apparently doesn’t. These aren’t community standards; they’re corporate calculations designed to appease advertisers and political actors while maximizing engagement through shock content.”

That’s been happening, but now there’s a new straw that broke the camels back: “Meta found a new way to violate your privacy.”

While we can wait for congress to enact laws to protect consumers (hah!), or wait for a new centralized kingdom of power to rise up and take their place, Marcel has a much better idea, which is “building our own spaces and inviting people to visit on our terms.”

Yes, he admits “it requires more work,” but goes on to say “when you control the platform, you control the experience.”

It all comes down to control. If you build your brand, your business, your entire livlihood on a platform you don’t control, you risk losing everything for almost any reason.

If you pay your web hosting bill, and keep your domain name current, your website will outlast all of the creepy social media platforms.

Published On: June 10, 2025Categories: Social Media, WebsitesTags:

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