Why would Instagram be appealing to children?
Instagram is mostly used by young adults trying to build their social status through a curated (manipulated) image of their lives.
I don't see how it would appeal to children.
Instagram is mostly used by young adults trying to build their social status through a curated (manipulated) image of their lives.
I don't see how it would appeal to children.
Edit to add: A lot of teachers are also trying to be hip and cool. Three times in the past year I have been assigned "tiktok" assignments where I either had to record a tiktok or watch a tiktok. Of course there were other options that I took, but if some kid doesn't have it simply because they don't care, not out of privacy reasons, they'd probably download and start using it regularly after thinking a grade rides on it.
That's another thing: I am 100% serious when I say that my peers are addicted to tiktok. I know people who regularly spend 6+ hours a day just scrolling through it. In fact, I don't know anyone who doesn't spend at least 2 hours daily on it. I don't think any other social media comes close to it in addictiveness. It is literally almost everyone I know, even tangentially.
So to answer your question, I don’t know how it would be appealing, but I think they find it appealing anyway independent of whether we know why, so it’s probably worth revisiting your priors.