South African rapper, AKA has taken to his twitter handle to condemn the excessive use of Instagram by some individuals. According to the rapper in a series of tweets, the use of one of the most downloaded app, Instagram is making people hungry and want things they actually do not need.
The rapper hinted in his first tweet that he is having thoughts about quitting Instagram. He disclosed,
“I’m legit thinking of quitting Instagram. The pressure it’s putting on young men and women for material things is scary, and people like me are part of the problem without even knowing it. That thing was created for one purpose, for you to want things you don’t actually need”.
Making his intentions clear to his followers in the first tweet, the rapper in the minute typed, “There must be more to life than Instagram”. As to whether or not any of his followers took the second tweet as an advice personally, we might never know.
Not ending there, the rapper posted another tweet stating emphatically that with people’s constant visit to Instagram and per the things they see over there reminds them of material things they think they should have in order to feel complete. He wrote,
“You go on Instagram, and it legit sucks you in on every level. You scroll and scroll and scroll and click and click and click, your mind completely devouring everything. Every bag, every holiday, every car, every new product that you are told you NEED in order to feel complete”.
To the rapper, he doesn’t have all the answers and he is not trying to judge anyone, but he needs some more peace in his life. “Is it possible to be addicted to Instagram and still be grateful for what you have?…I don’t think so,” Preached AKA in the last but one tweet.
Climaxing what we call the AKA Instagram shade via twitter, the award-winning rapper left a clue to his followers on how to master social media, thus rendering the final tweet to all social media apps with the twitter host inclusive.
“Why are you so hungry to know what people are thinking or saying about you??…if you can figure that out, control it, and manage it…I think you will find the key to mastering social media”.
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook Inc. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Launched in October 2010 exclusively on iOS, the app allows users to upload photos and videos to the service, which can be edited with various filters, and organized with tags and location information.
Heading 8 years since its creation with over 1 billion people using it, Instagram has become one of the medium people use to connect and a source of finding information.
