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WARNING: Do not change the "Bad/Good Qualities" headings to "Why It Sucks" and "Redeeming Qualities", cuz Average websites are only made for Bad Qualities and Good Qualities

"I was raised by OGs. Some of you were raised by IG. I understand."

- Ice-T, American rapper/songwriter and actor

Instagram is a social media that is owned by Facebook. It was launched on October 6, 2010.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Many people get frequent sexually-charged direct messages from annoying spambot accounts (mostly Russian spambot accounts).
 * 2) When users try to follow famous people, spambots follow those users back.
 * 3) Instagram blocks people's accounts for no reason. For example, Red Velvet's Irene was blocked after she made her Instagram account, but it is now unblocked due to her apology.
 * 4) Unlogged users cannot view users' profiles unless you are coming from a specific post, which only shows a limited number of posts before requiring you to log in. This is very unnecessary as some other social networking sites such as YouTube and Twitter don't require this.
 * 5) It made a decision to hide the number of likes on a post, which means that only the person can see the number of likes on their own posts while others can’t. This on its own is a counter-productive move especially since that is what social media websites are supposed to be about. There isn’t even an option to turn off the hidden number, at least on the app. This change was met with poor reviews, and singer Nicki Minaj even quit due to this.
 * 6) You can only post and use most stickers on mobile.
 * 7) Terrible moderation, with instances such as their hesitation to ban Gacha Life NSFW accounts while banning alt-righters like Facebook does.
 * 8) Their stories feature is a blatant rip-off of Snapchat's stories.
 * 9) When you try to close a story on the app, there's a likely chance that the app will crash while doing so.
 * 10) In 2021, the band Keiino got hacked and the hacker posted several images of herself.
 * 11) For some reason, when you open this website, you need to activate your phone number first.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It can be used as a work/education tool.
 * 2) It is much easier to use and has many more features than it used to. For instance, users can now post from a computer (as opposed to a phone), post pictures that aren't square shaped, post videos, and post galleries, all of those things that were originally impossible in the past.
 * 3) Some memes originated from there, like the Giant Enemy Spider (parody of the Giant Enemy Crab).
 * 4) *Most notably SMG4's memes such as the famous door meme.
 * 5) Some funny videos do originate from there, too.
 * 6) You can set your account to private if you don't want people seeing your posts publicly.

Trivia

 * 1) Instagram along with Facebook is banned in Russia after a Moscow court trial labeling Meta as "extremist" after Meta relaxed their policy on hate speech against Russian soldiers and the government.