Instagram is a platform for sharing our photos and videos with our friends and family members.
In short it’s a social networking site. When we post or share our photos or video, we generally
expect likes from our followers. We always have a curiosity to know number of likes we got on
our photos. But when a person gets a good amount of likes on a photo then he gets obsession
over it and always aims for more number of likes.
Affecting Mental Health
Aiming for more number of likes may give you a mental stress. Imagine you are using instagram
and when u posts a picture u use to get on average of 100 likes. But this time you got only
about 80 likes. Doesn’t it affect you? Definitely it affects you. You keep on thinking why I am not
getting likes. Then you feel unsatisfied and you aim for more likes. You keep on thinking
weather the photo is bad or I didn’t gave a good caption and everything runs in your brain.
Which may affect your mental health? Then there comes the fake likes into the picture.
Do you know there are apps to get instagram likes?
Yeah, it’s true. There are paid and free apps and websites which can provide you number of
likes you need or you wish to have for your photo. Isn’t weird, because just for likes you pay
money on something which is of no use. But it definitely gives you satisfaction. Satisfying
yourself is important because then only u will be able to be happy and content.
Being happy is important, but why we need a huge amount of likes to be happy. Is that needed?
That depends on each person, it’s an individual decision. If more number of likes makes a
person happy then what else you need. In other way these apps help the people in many ways
because due to less likes they feel stressed and many mental health issues. But these apps are
absolutely there stress relievers.
Hiding Instagram likes
Recently, Instagram tested people by hiding number of likes. This was first tested in Canada.
Where instagram hided number of likes, the followers can’t see the number they can only see
the people’s account but not the number. Only the person who owns the account can see the
likes only when he clicks the others in the instagram. Imagine, you post a picture and there are
no likes for that photo. You definitely feel stressed don’t you?
Later, the Instagram tested in other countries like Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Italy etc. This
process may expand to more countries also. There are some users who don’t even think about
likes, comments. For them this is not even a problem. So instagram conducted this test to only
test them, who are mad for likes.
Don’t run behind likes
In conclusion, don’t run behind likes. It doesn’t give you anything. Never feel bad when you get
a less number of likes, because they are real likes. The people who liked your photo or video are
genuine. If you pay for likes, those are not real.
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