‘Stop trying to be TikTok’: user backlash over Instagram changes

‘Stop trying to be TikTok’: user backlash over Instagram changes

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/26/instagram-changes-user-backlash-trying-to-be-tiktok

Updates to copy features of arch-rival leave some users struggling to find friends and family content

Instagram’s head defended the app against a user backlash, after the social network launched a series of changes intended to make it more like its arch-rival TikTok.

‘Stop trying to be TikTok’: user backlash over Instagram changes

Jul 26, 2022, 4:00pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/26/instagram-changes-user-backlash-trying-to-be-tiktok > Updates to copy features of arch-rival leave some users struggling to find friends and family content > Instagram’s head defended the app against a user backlash, after the social network launched a series of changes intended to make it more like its arch-rival TikTok.