Cluttered & INFESTED with Advertisements – Instagram Review

LATEST UPDATE: Instagram (Facebook) has plenty of time for shallow, stupid Snapchat-like filters but still no time to fix the keyboard overlapping the text field in DMs and having to exit and re-enter DMs to be able to complete a message. This bug has been around, I believe, over a flipping year now! Also, ads are even worse and show up, on average, every 3-5 posts! STOP ADVERTISING TO ME. The GIFs in stories were kind of fun though. Thanks for taking them away. - - - This app gets worse and worse as time goes on–as does everything icky Facebook touches. From algorithm-based feeds to bloated software to clutter to ugly design to anti-creativity atmosphere to ads to BS censorship and more, Facebook is horrible and is making Instagram reflect their poor ways. The latest updates have INFESTED—and I mean INFESTED—the feed with ads. LITERALLY—every several posts MINIMUM are sponsored ads! OVERLOAD! I am SICK AND TIRED of being ADVERTISED TO. I don't want to be advertised to. If I want a product, I will look for it. Get ads out of my face! I came to Instagram originally to post and view creative content in an environment away from commercialism and clutter. Instagram is so far-gone from that anymore it makes me gag. And now Instagram is Snapchat—mindless filters and creepy facial recognition and all. This is ANTI-CREATIVITY, which is anti-original-Instagram. Oh, and this non-chronological timeline? SCRAP IT ALREADY! Guaranteed, most users HATE IT! Lastly, DM images send more than once many times. FEATURE SUGGESTIONS: • Have an option for Sound Always On for video. It is annoying to have to hit a button or tap the screen every time I watch a video to turn on sound. Plus, if someone is talking in the video, viewers miss the first couple of seconds of audio. • Add more options for polls besides a two-and answer option. Add multiple choice with setting to allow a single answer or check multiple answers. Add a text box reply option. --- Fixed: I get a spinning ball when trying to upload photos (not videos). So...YOU CAN'T UPLOAD PHOTOS ON INSTAGRAM NOW. Please fix ASAP!!! DM conversation bubbles appear out of order now and messages do not deliver. Horrible bug. Also, for months now, the app will not let me sign in. It says, "Sorry. There was a problem with your request." PLEASE FIX.
Review by Franz Schneider on Instagram.