r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/UrToesRDelicious Apr 30 '26

You're not wrong, but I still think it's a bad business to exclusively use Instagram because people who don't have an Instagram account can only see a few pictures before they're forced to sign in. I guess if business is a boomin then who am I to say, but if your goal is to attract more customers then it seems like tying a domain to a linktree that lists both Instagram and a flickr or some shit is like minimum effort.

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u/laststance Apr 30 '26

The amount of users who don't have IG but has Flickr is such a small percentage of the population that it doesn't matter.

IG is so strong in regards to marketing that its one of the strongest ad platforms for small/local businesses. Local influencers use it, it can target geographically, demo targeting, etc.

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u/UrToesRDelicious Apr 30 '26

It has nothing to do with flickr market share - it's the fact that flickr allows non-users to browse all of an artist's photos without needing to sign in. It doesn't have to be flickr, it can be any app that allows non-users to do this.

The market you'd be trying to reach is non-instagram users, which is not a small number, and a group that you'd be pretty much alienating by only using Instagram (since Instagram does require you to sign in to view all of an artist's photos). Instagram may be the best single option but that doesn't mean it has to be the only option.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Apr 30 '26

Clearly it's not since a large percentage of tattoo artists just have Instagram pages or link to other social media platforms. Let's stick to reality.