


I also think it can be addicting for some people.”Ĭowans’ concerns over call-out culture and r/instagramreality were echoed by Dr. “Facetune and other photo editing apps make it too easy to warp and change yourself into whatever you want to look like and when that digital version of you doesn't match actual reality, it can be mentally confusing and painful. “Call-out culture does not resonate with me and it seems like a complete waste of time but I understand that it's meant to bring awareness to these issues,” Cowans told us. you want to look like," said Sky Cowans, a Los Angeles-based video creator. “Facetune and other photo editing apps make it too easy to warp and change yourself into whatever. Cowans has created numerous Instagram posts and a YouTube video showing just how deceptive Facetune can be. One such person is Sky Cowans, a Los Angeles-based video creator who makes content about health, mindfulness, and digital wellness topics. While r/instagramreality attempts to bring awareness to the reality of photo editing, not everyone believes this is the healthiest way to address an unhealthy trend. The company told us that is has made a number of updates to its policies over the past several years to strengthen and clarify them. Reddit has sitewide policies prohibiting harassment, which is defined as systematic and/or continued actions done to torment or demean someone. People are allowed to form their own opinions but if your post is causing a lot of problems or fueling hate it's removed or locked after we remove or delete comments,” Zaza9000 said. “We have no tolerance for people bullying other people in the posts, comments or towards each other. Overall, these rules have kept r/instagramreality in Reddit administrator’s good graces, Zaza9000 said. On a handful of occasions, some Instagram users have asked to have their photos removed from the subreddit because an unscrupulous user had Photoshopped it to get attention or had lied about the context of the image. Redditors who post personal information are permanently banned from the subreddit, Zaza9000 said. The subreddit has a strict policy on prohibiting people from seeking out or disseminating any personal information that could identify people in the photos. The exponential rise in the subreddit’s popularity has created new challenges for Zaza9000 and her team of nine moderators. … We aim to explain to people that just because your body doesn't look like what we see on Instagram doesn't mean you're less than them.”

Then the follower feels like they have to do that in order to get people to love them and pay attention to them while they are chasing the like and follower button. “We have influencers and celebrities that are making their waists smaller and then asses bigger and people are paying attention to that. “It's crazy that this one app can change how somebody thinks and feels about themselves,” she said.
