Kylie Jenner celebrated her 25th birthday party in a BIG way this week!
26.07.2022 - 17:13 / variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwo of Instagram’s most-followed celebs — Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner — want the Meta-owned social service to stop trying to mimic surging rival TikTok.The sisters both posted the same message on Instagram Stories that said, “Make Instagram Instagram Again.” It continues, “(stop trying to be tiktok i just want to see cute photos of my friends). Sincerely, Everyone.”Instagram has increasingly promoted Reels, its short-form video feature copying the format popularized by TikTok.Who cares what a pair of famous-for-being-famous influencers think? Well, millions of people.
Kylie Jenner has more than 360 million followers on Instagram — she’s the No. 2 most-followed account, after football star Cristiano Ronaldo — and Kim Kardashian has over 326 million.
The Change.org petition that the sisters’ referenced in their Instagram Stories, which launched July 22, had fewer than 100,000 signatures before the Kardashians threw their support behind it. As of Tuesday morning, it has more than 140,000 signees.“We have TikTok for a reason, and let’s face it, the only [Instagram] reels uploaded are recycled TikToks and content that the world has already seen,” the petition, launched four days ago by photographer Tati Bruening (@Illumitati), reads.
“What’s innovative and unique about old stale content? Nothing!”In a video post Tuesday, perhaps in response to the Kardashians weighing in on the topic, Instagram head Adam Mosseri reiterated that the service will continue prioritizing video.“I’m hearing a lot of concerns about right now about photos and how we’re shifting to video,” he said. “Now, I want to be clear, we’re gonna continue to support photos.
Kylie Jenner celebrated her 25th birthday party in a BIG way this week!
Kylie Jenner‘s already-fabulous handbag collection just got a major upgrade — thanks to mom Kris Jenner! The reality star was gifted a rare Hermès Birkin bag for her 25th birthday.
A little strong? Kim Kardashian and more of Kylie Jenner’s famous family and friends turned up to celebrate her 25th birthday, but the Skims mogul wasn’t completely up to party.
Kim Kardashian! While celebrating her 25th birthday, Kylie Jenner caught her older sister spitting out a shot of liquor taken to help the makeup mogul ring in the big 2-5.In the video, shared to Kylie's TikTok account Thursday, Kylie is opening birthday gifts when Kim interrupts her sister to ask if she can take a shot. To the partygoers' surprise and applause, Kylie agrees, and later in the video, to the screams of «Happy Birthday,» Kim can be seen lifting her shot to cheers her sister's big day.It wasn't long after taking a sip, however, that the 41-year-old SKIMS founder spits out the shot, as her shock quickly turns to laughter over what's just occurred.
Kylie Jenner received a lot of birthday love from her family members as she turned 25 Wednesday.
Kylie Jenner is celebrating her mom in the most adorable way.
the influence of the Kardashian-Jenner family is even affecting social media platforms, now that Instagram has made a series of changes after Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner joined the complaints of many users that have criticized the predominantly algorithmically recommended videos, in an effort to push content.Instagram revealed that they were testing a new version, which was not well received by online users who say the popular app is copying TikTok and not focusing on showing content from already followed accounts.“I’m glad we took a risk — if we’re not failing every once in a while, we’re not thinking big enough or bold enough,” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri admitted, “But we definitely need to take a big step back and regroup.”Kim and Kylie previously shared a post that read “Make Instagram Instagram Again,” to their hundreds of million followers on the platform, adding, “Stop trying to be tiktok I just want to see cute photos of my friends.”A post shared by Adam Mosseri (@mosseri)And while Instagram taking a step back from testing their new tools might seem like a coincidence from the Kardashian’s post, this wouldn’t be the first time Kylie causes major changes on social media, as she previously criticized Snapchat and caused a 7% drop in shares.Instagram then released a video responding to the backlash, reassuring users that they will keep the platform as it was, favoring video in the future.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe TikTok-ification of Instagram took a step back as the Meta-owned social app said Thursday it will discontinue a beta test of a full-screen version of the feed and also promised to reduce the number of recommended videos, photos and accounts that people see in Instagram.But make no mistake: Instagram is still putting its shoulder into video — continuing to aggressively develop and promote Reels, the TikTok-style feature that lets users record and share videos of up to 90 seconds.Meta’s ad revenue from Reels (across Instagram and Facebook) is now on a $1 billion annual run rate, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told analysts on the Q2 earnings call. The company’s monetization rate for Reels is still lower than Feed or Stories, he added, but longer term “we’re confident that Reels will grow engagement overall and quality and will eventually monetize closer to Feed.”Some observers saw the changes Instagram announced Thursday as caving to a grassroots pressure campaign urging it to stop mimicking TikTok.
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Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner aren’t fans of Instagram‘s latest update.
Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and many other users expressed after noticing a change to the app.Mosseri's nearly two-and-a-half-minute-long video came a day after the famous sisters shared the same message to their respective Instagram Stories that read, «Make Instagram Instagram again. (Stop trying to be TikTok I just want to see cute photos of my friends.)»In his video, Mosseri confirmed that Instagram is «experimenting with a number of different changes to the app» and hearing «a lot of concerns» as a result.
Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are among those criticizing the latest Instagram updates.