Instagram is Changing the Game
Instagram is Changing The Game
Have you heard the news that Instagram is going to remove likes? Yep. In fact, as we speak it is currently being tested in Canada.
“To like or not to like,” as Shakespeare once said.
Actually, Shakespeare never said that.
But I certainly have a thought. So here goes:
I support this change one-hundred percent given the countless studies showing Instagram users having major struggles with anxiety, depression, loneliness, sleep quality and negative impact on body image.
Instagram’s biggest reason for wanting to remove likes from public posts is tied to all of the recent media attention around people using them as an evaluation of themselves in terms of self-esteem and acceptance.
To put it bluntly, these behaviors are making people depressed because of the tendency of people to compare themselves to an idealized or aspiration lifestyle that may or may not be real.
This, in my opinion, is a big deal
It’s a decision,...