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I Dare You …
Google “Instagram Likes” … I’ll wait … I think you will be shocked.
Sorry … I don’t have a solution for any of this.
We really do live in a strange world. Instagram Likes are for sale just like cattle at an auction. You will find many pages of Likes for sale. Buy some get some free. Others Starting at $1.49. One ad says: Just like real Likes. Another says: Our Likes are from real people. And on, and on, and on …
I am sure some are purchased for marketing campaigns and some probably by desperate teenagers trying to “Level Up” their likes. These are probably the more affluent kids that have the resources and they “need” to be liked more.
Next go Google “Instagram Likes Teenager” … I’ll wait on that one too. Then read the article from Business Insider.
You will find statements like this:
“Since my friends and I started high school, we’ve started to see the Instagram like as a social status,” Michael, a 15-year-old high school sophomore from New Jersey explained. “We use it as a way to judge popularity almost, because — obviously — popularity is very important in high school.”
“For me, I like to get around 60 likes on a photo. Somewhere between 50 and 60,” 17-year-old Gabby from Massachusetts admitted. “Though, I just posted a picture and it already has 92 likes. It’s my…
