how to endure instagram

So after years of not using instagram, I finally gave up and made an account. To follow and be connected with local parkour community (and after creating account I remembered many of my friends and family also still post, so to connect with them as well.) Still, I despise instagram and everything meta has done to steal our attention... so here's my strategy for using it, trying to minimize the harms of it, while still getting the benefits. Use on browser - That's easiest way to set up ig in a way it has no distractions. Hide unnecessary stuff with uBlock Origin - I've hidden everything from the main page except stories, posts and link to direct messages. That means no navigation bar, no like alerts. This is especially important on desktop, as it has even more distracting unnecessary elements. Redirect to following page - I use LeechBlock to redirect instagram main page to the "following" page which only shows posts from users users you're following, in chronological order. So…

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