Style Swap Tuesdays - an Open Letter to Instagram

My last Instagram post addressed to Instagram- " Oh INSTAGRAM, one moment I Love you and the next moment I Hate you. đŸ™€Your algorithm changes faster than the weather. It is beyond my comprehension anymore and I am honestly done seeing the same profiles on my feed, over and over! This algorithm-fickleness of yours has left me irritated and makes me want to remind you that it is the smaller accounts who are posting hard, working hard, promoting hard ( without paying) and that is what makes you popular- not showing the same faces ( no offense to anyone ) over and over. So please stop changing if you don’t want Instagrammers temperament to change forever..... đŸ˜�" 

Agreeably, social media mainly Instagram is an integral part of a blogger's business and sustenance, but not so much that it starts to haunt you. Kid you not, the low numbers, poor engagement, almost zero comments has been giving me a serious case of heart palpitations. I am always preoccupied, just trying to figure out my next course-of-action to hike some engagement. With your ever-changing, impossible to crack algorithm, you are surely making it difficult for the medium-reach accounts to hold up. One day it is fairly good with likes hitting to a count of 150, and next day it just plummets to 45- seriously?? And talk to me about the same faces and accounts showing up on my feed repeatedly, like they are the end of the world. .........keep reading .......







I did not get on the Instagram bandwagon until two years after I started blogging. I used to love you Instagram- photo-sharing and reading comments was so much fun. But you are no longer fun, you are simply a time and peace sucking leech. The channel that was once a favorite of mine, gives me stress these days. I was giving so much of my time to you, that the whole dynamics of starting my blog changed. My blog suffered big time. The readership tanked coz I was focused on creating more Instagram content versus blog content. I forgot that I was a full-time blogger and not a full-time Instagrammer. The main purpose of joining Instagram was to promote my blog, but how and when YOU took center stage- I am clueless! My blog is my main platform and you are just a platform to promote my blog, but over the course of these three years I did get sucked up in this whirlpool called Instagram......but NO MORE Instagram, you've irked me enough. 'I am done and I am putting my foot down. ' This self-intervention was much needed. Life is too short, I'd rather not spend a major chunk of it on Instagram. Going forward I will post as per usual. I'll give my best and not worry about the numbers and analytics, and if YOU get some time off promoting those high-reach bloggers, then I don't mind a little limelight........do you hear me INSTAGRAM ?????? 

Yours unaffectionately 

Saumya//Myriad Musings 

What are your thoughts on Instagram and its rapidly changing algorithm? 

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