a lot of my users run fairly large instagram pages (50k+ followers), so for them it's quite worth it I think.

If you think someone's paying customers are "debasing themselves", it probably says more about you not being the target market than a negative critique of the customers themselves.

Anyone's perception is $5 is affected by their economic class. Globally, there are a significant number of people who would view $5 the same way others view .50.

For me, .15 a day is negligible. I can easily imagine someone who creates memes for social media choosing to pay that, especially if they feel there is value in supporting the creator. Memes aren't frivolity any more than other content - they're one of the most popular forms of communication on the internet.

I don't know either, but I imagine it's the same reason they debase themselves by valuing the fake internet points the memes earn them.

A lot of big ig pages or whatever make decent money, even 'theme' pages that dont revolve around an 'influencer' personality. This would be a pretty minor business expense if its even a little bit useful.