"Like many, I have definitely experienced symptoms of chronic Instagram Story fatigue. I regularly open the app, take a 30-minute swipe through pictures of dogs and babies and nice dinners and influencer events and political statements and then shut the app down feeling like I've gained nothing. Then I open it back up to share a story or a column as if my post is somehow a particularly interesting one compared to everyone else's and therefore an exception to the rule... but I digress."
"I regularly open the app, take a 30-minute swipe through pictures of dogs and babies and nice dinners and influencer events and political statements and then shut the app down feeling like I've gained nothing. Then I open it back up to share a story or a column as if my post is somehow a particularly interesting one compared to everyone else's"
Daily Instagram Story use produces recurring fatigue characterized by long, aimless swiping through content. Users open the app and take extended thirty-minute swipes through images of dogs, babies, nice dinners, influencer events, and political statements. Sessions often end with a feeling of having gained nothing from the time spent. Despite that feeling of emptiness, users reopen the app to post their own stories or columns. Posting occurs with the belief that one's own content is uniquely interesting and an exception to the broader stream. That cycle sustains passive consumption, active sharing, and persistent fatigue.
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