'Instagram Delete': See hilarious reactions of users on this unusual hashtag
An unusual hashtag, "Instagram Delete" started trending on Twitter today leaving many people guessing what is it all about. Many people are even making hilarious guesses with the hashtag "#InstagramDelete" that is trending worldwide on number 3 right now.
Instagram has been hit by various controversies recently, the social media platform went down for hours at a stretch along with parent Facebook. It also announced recently that likes on the post will be hidden in some countries so people can "focus" on posts shared by their friends and not the number of likes. But is that what the hashtag is all about?
"#Instagramdelete" is actually about the platform's decision to extend "hide likes" feature in more countries. Australia, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Brazil and New Zealand are involved in the new trial, which follows an initial test that was launched in Canada in May.
Some influencer is crying #instagramdelete lol pic.twitter.com/3kuwyZ1fHw
— Dr Fitness Zimbabwe (@Samaztc) July 18, 2019
Instagram is testing hiding the number of Likes and Views on your photos and videos in these countries: ๐ฆ๐บ๐ง๐ท๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฟUnhappy people are tweeting #instagramDELETE in response pic.twitter.com/oJ23qwINsW
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) July 18, 2019
Yeah views and likes do not and should never be what that matter. The quality of the content is๐ #instagramDELETEpic.twitter.com/KbnUD1zFB0
— 7์19์ผ #0011 7๋ฒ ๋ฌธ์ํฌํ (@doughhyon) July 18, 2019
The decision has been subjected to criticism by many people but plenty of others are praising the decision as Instagram users often turned to unethical ways to get likes.
Users are sharing hilarious reactions using this hashtags on Twitter, here are some of the best ones sorted for you.
Instagram models and influencers knowing their followers wont see their likes anymore #instagramDELETE pic.twitter.com/xGgJb6m2Im
— ๐ธ (@agnes_tweets) July 18, 2019
Influencers and instagram models when they heard the news #instagramlikes pic.twitter.com/lwKUlNxVIi
— ๐จ๐ฎNora'Ivory ๐ซ๐ท (@Noraa_ivoryy) July 18, 2019
i have had it up to here with instagram #instagramlikes pic.twitter.com/hzlSsetyZK
— ๐ (@sadwhxre1) July 18, 2019
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