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tldr: 15yo boy has a FB account with 1.2M followers, which he fills with 100 posts a day. He makes $10k/month. Instagram shut down the account without warning o
by 8bitsrule 7y ago
tldr: 15yo boy has a FB account with 1.2M followers, which he fills with 100 posts a day. He makes $10k/month. Instagram shut down the account without warning or reasoning.
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Reported months ago in this article in Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/instagram-hiring-meme-liaison/595552/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/insta...
It notes that "More meme accounts than ever are monetizing, and memes have become the default way many young people consume news information on the platform" ... and notes that: “Curation is a kind of creation. Within the right bounds, there can be a lot of value in finding gems and sharing them...”