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What makes this interesting is: What are the downstream impacts when a service on which people/influencers are making serious money (like Jenner and Kardashian)
by mikece 4y ago
What makes this interesting is: What are the downstream impacts when a service on which people/influencers are making serious money (like Jenner and Kardashian) decide to pivot and change their focus just because some new app (TikTok) has burst onto the scene? As a photographer I am ready to ditch Instagram as well because they are no longer the photo-centric app I joined to use. I find it interesting that mega-influencers are also not happy about the video pivot. Heck, this might be what is necessary to re-launch Flickr as a top-flight social app (while ditching a Facebook-connected app along the way).
- smoldesu 4y agoMega-influences don't give a shit, it ultimately comes down to the money and what their managers tell them. If your agency says to post a TikTok at noon, you do it. If you get an ad sponsorship on Instagram, then you're downloading the app. It's fun to imagine arbitrary acts of protest like this causing an impact, but to what end? People will just do the Cupid Shuffle through Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok, looping through the platforms and playing Russian Roulette with data privacy. You're welcome to root for any side you want, but the only outcome of this scenario is the rich getting richer. That's why I commented on this in the first place, that it's asinine that any newsletter taking itself seriously would report on a celebrity stunt like this. What's next, do the editors have some hot takes on Kanye West that they'd like to make relevant to Apple products?