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    ''Instagrammers are sucking the life and soul out of travel''

    Article : https://www.theguardian.com/comm…

    '– The Instagrammability of a destination is apparently now the number one motivation for booking a holiday for millennials.'

    'You might think social media would diversify the range of images we see, yet the most popular users operate according to a strict schema that takes full advantage of the relevant algorithms (creative, fascinating accounts are still there, but said algorithms make them harder to find). And it’s not just travel – it’s interiors, fashion, weddings, food, children. Social media encourages the memeification of human experience. Instead of diversity we see homogeneity. It’s extremely boring.'

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    • No wonder Iceland has too many tourists lately. Its becoming a problem. Everyone want those IG pictures as seen 1,000,0000 time everywhere on IG.Bennn
    • So many people make super beautiful boring pictures on IG... they all look the same and has no personality.Bennn
    • makes it easier to avoid these bores - go to non ig places. simpleshans_glib
    • Last I read, Iceland was going to start imposing a visitor limit of like 300,000 people per year to cut down on impact to the environment.mg33
    • ^^ good thing. I've read an article last week from a local newspaper and its getting out of control.Bennn
    • People are tearing around in off road vehicles on the tundra and moss, ruining stuff that takes decades to grow back.mg33
    • 'Iceland “Being Ruined By Tourism”
      https://grapevine.is…      Bennn
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