Looks like instagram changed their algorithm in the last 24 hours?

[Loo.wii]

I don’t think you are looking for his perspective, you are trying to justify one sided censorship like you have skin in the game.

I’m just saying a private company can do as they wish with their property. If you don’t like it it’s best you don’t use the platform

 

[Musky]

I’m just saying a private company can do as they wish with their property. If you don’t like it it’s best you don’t use the platform

I think you missed my post on the baker, and for the record, I'm not trying argue. All I'm saying is that I wish it was equal for all sides. Not split left vs right. That's what's wrong with this country.

Totally understand the private platform. Again, I'll repeat, it only counts to block things that don't align with more left sided politics. Like the baker story. Reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. Unless you're denying an LGBTQ their cake. Then you lose in court.

There is ZERO logic in the censorship as the more Republican type politics are the only ones being censored. I don't ever foresee this issue being solved unfortunately.

 

[Musky]

You have no freedom of speech when it comes to a private entity. Same way that you can be banned from this site for saying things the mods don’t like.

Does it suck? Yes. Do I disagree with it? Yes. Solution? Delete it all and don’t give them your business. Also, anyone that says they gave up Facebook but still has Instagram…they are the same company.

I honestly couldn't agree with you more, on all accounts. The point I personally was trying to make is that it's a one way street.

I left facebook because of the politics. I have insta so that I could continue to follow knife makers. Now insta is turning very political and I will be leaving that as well. And yes, I did know that they were the same. But it didn't start out that way, or at the very least, wasn't as bad as Facebook.

 

[CorbLand]

I honestly couldn't agree with you more, on all accounts. The point I personally was trying to make is that it's a one way street.

I left facebook because of the politics. I have insta so that I could continue to follow knife makers. Now insta is turning very political and I will be leaving that as well. And yes, I did know that they were the same. But it didn't start out that way, or at the very least, wasn't as bad as Facebook.

It is a one way street. That’s the benefit to owning something. You get to choose what you do and do not allow.

Turn it off and it all goes away. Everyone is making a choice.

 

[Musky]

It is a one way street. That’s the benefit to owning something. You get to choose what you do and do not allow.

Turn it off and it all goes away. Everyone is making a choice.

It's the government using tax payer dollars to control it that I have the biggest issue with. That's all I was trying to get at. The same government that sets the standards for freedom of speech but only holds people not aligned with their beliefs accountable to.

We will just have to agree to disagree.

 

[CorbLand]

It's the government using tax payer dollars to control it that I have the biggest issue with. That's all I was trying to get at. The same government that sets the standards for freedom of speech but only holds people not aligned with their beliefs accountable to.

We will just have to agree to disagree.

I am not disagreeing with you. Just turn it off and it wouldn’t matter what the government does. We all know that these companies are going to censor the right. If everyone on the right turned it off, it wouldn’t matter what they censored because it wouldn’t be there.

 

[*zap*]

I have never seen instagram...

 

[Will_m]

I dont have a problem with T&A per se, but it does highlight what I consider to be very selective censorship on the part of meta.

I certainly dont see any issue with hunting related posts on social media. Is it any more "silly" for people to make hunting related posts on Rokslide? I consider a forum a form of social media.

For sure. I’m not using my name and likeness on here and I’m not using it to promote my own benefit (ads aside). I doubt anybody is getting into hunting based on the nonsensical banter interspersed with actual usable information. This place is silly but it’s a different silly.

We have the memes.

 

[Musky]

I have never seen instagram...

With an avatar like that I could totally see that.

 

[doc holiday13]

Another reason to just shut off all social media.

I cut out instagram about 4 months ago. I miss it for about 4 seconds once ever other week. What I do miss occasionally coming across something super cool or something going on sale, but looking back whatever I miss(ed) doesn't justify the amount of time spent on the app. I've been a lot more productive for the last 4 months too.. So its been a positive trade off

 

[roosiebull]

I’m just saying a private company can do as they wish with their property. If you don’t like it it’s best you don’t use the platform

I don’t and never have, just seems odd with your level of defending them.

People are mainly disappointed in the trend of media in general, extremely one sided because one group owns almost all of it and don’t even try to hide it anymore

Control the narrative by all means necessary, and they have the leverage to do so. I understand that they are private entities, but it’s extremely disgusting to me.

But yeah, I don’t support any of the big social media platforms, and never have. I have never started an account on any of them

 

[conley417]

Just about every small shop knife maker I follow has reported having the same issues.

Meanwhile Im seeing more butts and tits from random profiles I dont follow. Even seen a few nudes that somehow dont get shut down.

Uh, I think you are seeing those because of how your algorithm works

 

[*zap*]

With an avatar like that I could totally see that.

 

[JRay]

All Social Media:
Guns, knives and hunting- bad.
Degeneracy- good.

 

[Loo.wii]

I don’t and never have, just seems odd with your level of defending them.

People are mainly disappointed in the trend of media in general, extremely one sided because one group owns almost all of it and don’t even try to hide it anymore

Control the narrative by all means necessary, and they have the leverage to do so. I understand that they are private entities, but it’s extremely disgusting to me.

But yeah, I don’t support any of the big social media platforms, and never have. I have never started an account on any of them

that’s called capitalism.
If you’re more popular you will be successful.
Granted i also probably don’t share the same political opinions as most people on this platform

 

[Deep Singh]

You can also just stay off social media and stick to forums, I tend to learn a lot more in my wasted time that way.

 

[kdsulliv]

Just go to GoWild and you won't be censored. Some interesting makers on there like Gobbler's Knob flintlocks

 

[Pacific_Fork]

This is great news. Sucks for the knife makers tho. Kill shots and animal porn is only taking away our opportunities and ruining the experience for the hunters who hunt for the right reasons.

Examples: Cecil the lion f**ked us, Bowmar spearing a bear, grizzly hunting in Canada, NFL dude killing a giant cat in Colorado, the list is endless. None of these things belong on social media anymore. It only leads to bans as it’s perfect fuel to the antis with DEEP pockets. We hand it to them on a silver platter every year.

And if kill shots are a major turn off to a lot of hunters like myself, imagine how the fence riders will feel at the polling booth.

 

[RufusB.Marion]

that’s called capitalism.
If you’re more popular you will be successful.
Granted i also probably don’t share the same political opinions as most people on this platform

What he's describing is an oligopoly.

This is a hunting forum so it's always funny when the hunters dig into politics, but as an idiot hunter, seeing the extremely small group of people who control the popular social media platforms, which in turn control the information on those platforms, is concerning.

Knowing that a small group of people control the information on those platforms, you look at the wealth of research out there now showing where Americans and our foreign counterparts get their news. It's continuing to grow, but as of now a scary amount people use social media platforms as their source of truth.

I think looking at that reality should be an apolitical issue. "Liberals" used to champion free speech and actively campaigned against censorship, "Conservatives" used to think the government should play as little active role in their lives as possible. Feel like those two ideals should go hand in hand when thinking about platforms that are actively working with our government, and others, to push narratives that have been proven absolutely false and deeply damaged global stability. Like a "pandemic" that we still haven't recovered from.

America does not practice capitalism and used to pride itself on fostering competition through anti-trust actions, maybe it's time to break some of this nonsense up.

A source on news consumption - https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/

 

[hawkman71]

Yes, but valuable content like shots of womens cleavage or butts is still okay

You can watch people getting shot, gruesomely, all day long on IG now. Lots of partial nudity. I don't use IG much but started to browse more lately. I was thinking "this is getting ridiculous". I checked my settings and was surprised to see that it wasn't even set to unrestricted (I don't recall what they call the settings). I increased the filtering and it went away.