Stop trying to be TikTok with video changes, Instagram told | News | The Times

As the birthplace of the influencer and home of the selfie, Instagram is usually responsible for helping others to go viral.However the social media giant has found itself at the centre of a campaign urging it to “stop trying to be TikTok”, the platform’s biggest competitor.Meta, which also owns Facebook, made a series of changes to Instagram, which was set up for sharing photographs.Users have complained about their feeds being dominated by short videos and how they are being shown content from accounts they do not follow — making it more difficult to see posts from friends.Instagram has been accused of becoming a “copycat” of TikTok, the app for short videos that continues to soar in popularity.Recent adaptations have also
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