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Instagram Takes Away Likes
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 makes no sense. There's also, like, rumors that it could just be because Instagram wants to make money on their own. So they're taking away everybody's likes so that brands have to come directly to Instagram to advertise with them. I'm not sure if I believe that. I don't think Instagram is that, like, money hungry where they're doing something like that.
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We're not worried about it, it just happened.
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…
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.
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 makes no sense. There's also, like, rumors that it could just be because Instagram wants to make money on their own. So they're taking away ev…
You don't think so? No, no, I don't think a major corporation isn't money hungry.
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.
Like, I think they're like, we're taking away the likes for mental health, but let's, let's Yeah, but let's be honest, if they weren't making money, if they thought it was going to hurt their bottom line, they would never ever take it away.