Two, I find that desktop gives me some psychic space from the people I’m jealous of, whereas the intimacy of a phone makes me feel like I’m literally closer to my envy.
You could make the same point about using the app on the subway, but it’s easier to tilt your phone screen away from prying eyes. It’s like opening the hatch on all of your embarrassing lifestyle aspirations. One, the fact that images take up the full screen on desktop does mean that you need to be mindful of who’s around you and potentially looking over your shoulder. And while I have reduced my number of hate-follows in my advanced age, I do keep a few around for schadenfreude and self-manufactured jealousy purposes.Įliza: So, two things in response to that. The thought of an image taking up a full, large screen is intimidating! I like the intimacy and the coziness of mobile, these little windows into people’s lives. I have more choice in which photos I linger on (and zoom in on) and which ones I scroll right past.
Eventually you will wind up unfollowing her, and that will make your life better.Īlanna: See, but that’s what I like about mobile - the lack of commitment. You can’t whisk away Donna’s shitty food photos like you do on the app. This also means that you really figure out who you hate following. So to start, Instagram is great on desktop because the images are huge, and because you don’t scroll as quickly, you really take the time to consider them. Who is a very smart and tech-savvy lady! But like, also my mom, so.Įliza: I think my mom, too. Alanna: It is! The only other person who I know of who prefers desk-gram is my mom.
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