Washington [US]July 27 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, two of Instagram’s most followed celebs recently slammed Instagram and want the meta-owned social service to stop trying to mimic growing rival TikTok. Do it
Recently, both the sisters shared a picture on their Instagram handle.
Taking their Instagram stories, a picture read, “Make Instagram Instagram again.” “(Stop trying to be TikTok. I just want to see cute pictures of my friends). Honestly, everybody.”
Kim captioned the post, “Pretty please.” While Kylie wrote, “Please.”
Instagram is currently increasingly promoting reels, with its short-form video feature mimicking the format popularized by TikTok, according to Variety.
Who cares what a pair of well-known influencers think? Well, millions of people. Kylie Jenner has over 360 million followers on Instagram – she is the number 2 most followed account after football star Cristiano Ronaldo – and Kim Kardashian has over 326 million.
The Change.org petition the sisters referred to in their Instagram Stories, which launched on July 22, had less than 100,000 signatures before the Kardashians voiced their support. As of Tuesday morning, it has more than 140,000 signers, according to Variety.
The petition, launched four days ago by photographer Tati Bruening (@Illumitati), reads, “We have TikTok for a reason, and let’s face it, only [Instagram] The uploaded reel is recycle tiktok and content the world has already seen.” “What’s innovative and unique about old vintage stuff? Nothing more!”
In a video on Tuesday, perhaps in response to Kardashian’s weight on the topic, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri reiterated that the service will continue to prioritize videos, according to Variety.
“I’m hearing a lot of concerns right now about photos and how we’re shifting to video,” Mosseri said. “Now, I want to be clear, we will continue to support photographs. It is part of our legacy.”
“That said, I need to be honest: I believe that over time there’s going to be more and more Instagram videos. We watch it, even if we don’t do anything… so we have to lean into that shift.” ,” he continued.
Mosseri also addressed concerns over Instagram’s testing of the full-screen version of users’ feeds. He added that the test is only available to “a certain percentage” of Instagram users and that it still needs work: “It’s not good yet.” (ANI)
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