People will always find a way around these rules. Any free social network is going to inevitably end up with groups using it for nefarious reasons. Banning hashtags seems like it’s attempting to attack a symptom of the problem rather than the problem itself, too.
Presumably they are doing this because of pressure from advertisers. I’m not sure why they care so much. I can somewhat understand why they care about YouTube, where their money (indirectly) goes to the creator making the content they disagree with, but on Instagram that isn’t the case.
Presumably they are doing this because of pressure from advertisers. I’m not sure why they care so much. I can somewhat understand why they care about YouTube, where their money (indirectly) goes to the creator making the content they disagree with, but on Instagram that isn’t the case.