I Miss When Instagram Was About Photos

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This is going to sound like the kind of complaint that starts with “back in my day,” so let’s just get that out of the way.

Those who know me know I don’t love change, especially when the old thing worked just fine.

There was a time when Instagram felt simple. You posted a photo. People who followed you actually saw it. If they liked it, they tapped like. Everyone went about their day.

No pressure to perform. No expectation to entertain. No need to turn dinner into a short-form action movie.

That version of Instagram was why I joined over twelve years ago.

What Canada Should Learn From Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban

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Australia is about to run a bold social experiment: a national social media ban for anyone under 16. It’s the kind of policy that sounds clean and decisive in a government announcement and instantly chaotic the moment it meets real families, real teenagers, and real technology.

For the record, I’m not opposed to a world with far less social media. If someone pulled the plug tomorrow, I don’t think civilization would crumble. In fact, it might improve. But this specific approach raises a pile of questions that no one seems ready for.