Moment View

Instagram Takes Away Likes

Well, Instagram is saying it's, you know, to make it so kids don't feel bad when they don't get a lot of likes, which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

November 15, 201929:02Jason
29:02/0:00
Scrub the kinetic waveform to jump through the episode.
7
Transcript window
Transcript Window

Context stack

Nearby lines for local context around the selected quote.
David28:34
Well, apparently there's word that Instagram's taking away the likes.
Jason28:38
We're not worried about it, it just happened.
David28:39
Yeah, so Instagram has taken away the likes officially. This is a pretty big thing for us influencers because our living is kind of based on our likes. So like when a brand views our likes, they know exactly if they should even come with— come to us with a de…
Jason29:02
Well, Instagram is saying it's, you know, to make it so kids don't feel bad when they don't get a lot of likes, which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
David29:09
Because if you're going to— if you're worried about mental health, get rid of the fucking comments. Yeah, those are the most brutal things in the world. Keep the likes. It's a fucking button. The comments are what's fucking killing people. Yeah, like, that ma…
Jason29:40
You don't think so? No, no, I don't think a major corporation isn't money hungry.
David29:45
No, no, I think, I think why they're doing it, it's a major corporation and I think they're doing it for good press.