I do not understand this epidemic. I can’t imagine caring the least bit about “likes” and it seems like I’m in the minority.
E.g. you can use melody from a Justin Bieber song to make fun of him/the subject matter of the song, but if you make a video to make fun of Trump and you use Bieber's song as the background music, nope!
If you weren't making any money off it, and it wasn't your intention to make money, and you had no monetisation avenues active, and you only made a handful of infringing media, during a brief period, what's the worst that could happen?
Satire isn't protected by Fair Use. Parodies are.
Satire will make a more broad point--in this case, the damaging effects on mental health that social media plays. Any use of copyrighted works won't likely be protected.
Parody would be something smaller--like creating a website that looks similar to Instagram, using humor to criticize it.
> I moved from staying in AirBnB’s to hostels and learned so much from travelers living outside of our money-culture
I generally prefer to stay in hostels, and even lived in one in Wellington for a year. I find it strange to be descried as "living outside money-culture". I guess a lot of people in the working holiday/backpacker community are though; working to live, rather than living to work.