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This is always the excuse. Same one people use for FB.
Drop it. If you want to keep talking to them, get their number. I'd they don't give it to you, they're not your friend and not someone you need to talk to.
Stop feeding the platform that feeds your addiction.
Dude, you don't know anything of my situation. Why are you being so judgmental when I just asked a question. I'm not asking for lectures like this, which is why I made extra sure to clarify that I already know that Instagram is bad and I have to use it for a set amount of time.
Best to just block people who use the "if you don't use MY messaging platform of choice, you're not my friend" argument. They are completely deranged and not living in the same world as the rest of us.
Because it's everyone's answer. Always.
"I hate it, but I use it to talk to people."
People are important. It's necessary for mental health to balance privacy and being able to have a life.
From my experience this is completely false unfortunately.
Then it's not worth it.
It depends on the person I guess. I heard of people losing their friends like that and really regretting it.
If you can lose a friend over putting your foot down about what platforms you want to message them on, they're not a good friend.
It's the kind of sad situation where you have regrets no matter what you do. If they're unwilling to find a different way to contact you when you leave Instagram, they're probably unwilling to do a lot of things for you. You would regret relying on them when something actually hard happens and they leave you hanging.
Such case is possible but I saw different. Maybe I am wrong here idk. The thing is you not willing to stay on the platform they want to stay on actually makes you a bad friend for those that don't know anything about privacy but it's besides the point.
I think I can get them to switch when I leave Instagram, which is why I said I've only got to keep using it for a set amount of time. The issue is really that these are aquantinces that will become friends once I move and get to hang out with them IRL.