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Except Instagram isn't and was never designed to be a pipe. HTTP and email are the dumb pipes you are looking for in this situation.

Don't disagree. But rather than being 'dumb' they are being 'too clever, by half'. And that is the problem.

They are grooming their users to be abused, building trust to be exploited. Like pedophiles.

They are grooming their users to be abused, building trust to be exploited.

I believe the comic also asks the question: How many times are we going to fall for this?

And in the case of the paedophile, there is a reason its illegal (in many jurisdictions).