Instagram is a very popular social media application. All types of people use Instagram. For instance, celebrities, athletes, rappers, actors, etc. Instagram is also like a drug that people are addicted to. Now a days all the younger people are addicted to being on their phones scrolling through Instagram. Instagram could also make people very egotistical. People on the app based their popularity off their likes. Which is okay but people tend to feel more important than the next person because they have more likes on their posts.
The problem with Instagram is that it has become a popularity contest on the app. The great Kanye West stated that “Social networks are ruining people’s mental health and we should be protected from knowing how many likes and followers we have. There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes”. Kanye West has been known to say a lot of outrate things. But this is something anybody could agree on. Now Instagram users that use their likes to make money won’t agree to getting rid of the likes. But I’m sure there will be other adjustments made to keep their funding.
To solve this problem Instagram according to (TheWallStreetJournal.com) a series of tests starting in Canada and expanding to six more countries, including influencer laden lands like Japan and Australia, Instagram is mulling the idea of removing like counts from public view altogether. It appears to be for a good cause. A March 2019, study published by the American Psychological Association showed increases in depression and anxiety and dips in self-esteem for those born after 1995. That can be linked to social-media platforms. According to the survey, these issues were markedly aggravated starting in 2011, a year after the photo-friendly Instagram launched.
I think Instagram should remove the likes. I believe only you should be able to see your likes. I state this because likes on social media created a mental illness in society. People are becoming more egotistical because they look nice in a picture. Thinking their better than everybody else. Also, people go through mental problems because they might feel like important than a popular person on Instagram.
Do you think Instagram should get rid of likes? Do you think social media created mental illnesses for people? How would you feel if Instagram got rid of your likes? Would you feel the same? Do you agree with Kanye West’s take about social media? Please let me know your opinion.