Recently Instagram announced that they will be removing likes from the platform completely. Since Instagram is a social media platform that is heavily focused on likes, I predict that people will eventually lose interest in posting. Think about it like this, if someone gets lots of recognition from an audience they will do a lot to get more recognition. In this case, recognition is likes. The more likes a post gets the more successful it is perceived. This feeling of success is highly addictive which is why people who become successful on Instagram have over 200 posts. You don't have to be successful in order to feel this feeling of success. Even if you are an average person getting 30 likes on a post, the day you get 200 likes on a post you will be encouraged to post more and make your content better. This is a strategy that Instagram favors in their algorithm. I believe that this is why Instagram is so widespread. Removing this feeling of validation will make people's purpose in posting fade. Because of this, I believe that this will be Instagram's downfall.https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-removing-likes-what-it-will-look-like-2019-11
December 15, 2019
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