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The Psychological Toll of Becoming an Instagram Influencer
Like many 24-year-olds, Alexandra Mondalek, a fashion reporter in New York, found herself obsessing over social media. Her rapidly growing fashion-focused Instagram account, @hautetakes, was gaining attention, with a little more than 1,000 followers, and it was all she could think about. She wasn’t making money from it yet, but Mondalek wondered if she could reach “influencer” status if she kept at it.
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An interesting and well-researched article. Definitely I agree that Instagram is something that takes a lot more time than it "should". I stopped using it awhile back and have never missed it. I was never really all that much into it, but even posting a simple photo was annoying with all the hashtags and stuff. Plus, it takes so much effort to get any traction on Instagram that it's not at all worth it - I have better uses for my time.