https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089 How big social media giants such as Instagram and TikTok initially created for creativity at heart have sneakily scammed their audience especially the young audience into buying useless products en-us 2021-02-18 19:51:12 UTC 2025-11-20 19:57:45 UTC hello@padlet.com lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1216851533 The apple pay sound for me in particular sparked the whole issue around social media based consumerism and how social media giants such as Instagram, TikTok etc essentially scam/tricking young people out of cash for absolutely useless products. This kills the initial idea of what the apps were intended for being creativity and instead secretly preying on the younger audience targeting them as they are the most venerable and most willing to buy into anything especially if its advertised by their favourite influencer.]]> 2021-02-18 19:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1216851533 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1216940840 My friend explained his experience with scamming on instagram again harping back to the toxicity of instagram today. Oriental drift is the account he's referring to. https://www.instagram.com/orientaldrift/]]> 2021-02-18 20:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1216940840 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217006776 As well as social giants and influencers instagram can be a hub for fraudsters.
-Fraudsters have been using apps to scam young people out of over £3 million
-It’s believed that 356 people have been scammed out of an average of £8,900 each, usually starting with an initial investment of £600]]> 2021-02-18 20:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217006776 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217012385 -Seeing a product continuously worn by an influencer, who's life looks desirable is the trigger for a consumer to say 'I want that item now'
- Social psychologists and journalist call the above 'lifestyle envy' which every young adult is a victim of
-social media envy, is driving consumerism in new ways
- social media consumerism has shifted traditional values of an ideal life for people
- 54% of young adults in America said that becoming social media famous is more desirable than becoming wealthy showing that social media consumerism is affecting peoples strain of thought
- sometimes young adults/teenagers can feel peer pressured online to buy into things ]]> 2021-02-18 20:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217012385 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217018212 - 72% of users report making purchase decisions based on something they saw on Instagram
-Compared to Snapchat (1%), Twitter (3%), Pinterest (22%) and Facebook (23%), the platform has the most influence on shopping habits, at 51%: this is because of the new shopping feature which is destroying the platform now slowly turning into a shop
-71% of marketers want to learn more about Instagram: again another negative point destroying the initial creativity point of the app]]> 2021-02-18 20:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217018212 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217024273 - We found 35% of U.S. shoppers between the coveted age of 18-29 use Instagram to research or buy health and beauty products
-With more than 25 million businesses actively using Instagram to market to their target audience, it’s easy to see why so many people use the app to shop: this number is shocking, although this may help instagrams value sky rocket its only tarnishing and ruining habits of youngsters
- Instagram and other now consumerism based apps can easily target their audience tracking their interests and behaviours really taking advantage of their younger consumers  
- instagram has recently been bombarded with ads popping up everywhere]]> 2021-02-18 20:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217024273 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217030342 What social media consumerism can lead to in young adults/teenagers:
- Social Comparison
- Social Anxiety
- Self-Esteem
- lost/fake identity]]> 2021-02-18 20:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217030342 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217036809 I also want to note that another aspect of this issue is that Instagram users may always compare themselves to an influencer therefor buying any product the influencer has advertised, this in turn then boost's there self esteem, depression and social anxiety. They become hypnotised and OBSESSED!]]> 2021-02-18 20:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217036809 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217380026 2021-02-18 23:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217380026 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217381318 2021-02-18 23:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217381318 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217381685 2021-02-18 23:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217381685 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217404304 2021-02-18 23:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1217404304 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224151906 Another issue that has come alight with the initial issue is the fact that instagram has now added a shopping tab making it much easier to buy from the app. I defiantly feel this is not needed but this is a very two sided argument. This was addressed by many people online as not being needed and a obvious way that reveals the true consumerism intentions of the social media giant. Looking at this is unfortunate but now instagram has basically taken its creativity away and turned the app into a social shop app like Depop when in turns it doesn't need to be. It also has info about you so can edit the shop to things you like, which is even worse.]]> 2021-02-21 21:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224151906 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224183519 The trickery of instagram consumerism has created this unhealthy emotion known as Envy, which mentioned before creates the issue with young people of comparing themselves ultimately resulting in them bringing harm upon themselves (or sometimes other individuals).]]> 2021-02-21 21:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224183519 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224195222 Here i ask my friend what he thinks of the recently established Instagram shop feature. I don't want to pull him under the bus but by what he said i feel as though he has been consumed by the consumerism as he has a couple of times bought from instagram.]]> 2021-02-21 21:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224195222 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224244357 This article helps me understand fully all the other issues the shopping features adds to the roulette such as physical health, traumatic events. Social media companies’ access to such sensitive information is a concern, for how the companies could exploit the information and the risk of third-party access to the data.]]> 2021-02-21 22:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224244357 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224268997 When researching if a solution has come to tackling consumerism on social media, not many if actually no results come up as battling these huge corporations into perhaps removing the shop edit on instagram is a no go for them. To the big corporations it would be a huge loss for them as they have put a huge amount of money into the shopping edit. But looking at instagram who are owned by facebook, they already have a successful businesses on Facebook marketplace so they could remove all ads on instagram and perhaps make a whole new app dedicated to selling, something similar to Depop but a more influencer focused edition. This would make the situation a bit better as then young people can go on instagram purely for enjoyment and socially interacting and leave the selling to this new app.]]> 2021-02-21 22:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224268997 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224317520 Ive been thinking about the last post a-lot and i think a better solution to this situation that can be applied even to the likes of TikTok is a more edited and healthier feed to instagram. Obviously it's too hard to convince a huge company to remove paid content so perhaps they cold scrap the shopping feature, but keep influencer paid advertisements. The advertisements would need to stick to new guidelines made by their partner company Facebook. So for example they are only allowed to advertise products that are either beneficial or educational. So no weird advertisements of useless products or of these 'fake pills' that are sometimes advertised that convince people that it can make them loose weight or look better. As everyone using the app is great as they are and don't need any negativity as life is hard enough anyway, so positive products would be great to advertise to the instagram consumers/audience. This should hopefully bring back the initial creativity and fun concept once again to the app. This will declutter the app a-lot as well.]]> 2021-02-21 23:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224317520 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224442813 New app creation i mocked up to give instagram a AD free feed keeping all the toxic consumerism away. 'Shop the gram' brings the instagram shopping edit to a new app completely dedicated to shopping. Keeping these apps separate will help tackle the issue of social media consumerism keeping young people on instagram away from the temptation giving them a better mental state.]]> 2021-02-22 00:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1224442813 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228465794 Part 1: Another of my friends giving his opinion on the shopping edit on instagram.]]> 2021-02-22 19:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228465794 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228472186 Part 2]]> 2021-02-22 19:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228472186 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228476366 Part 3]]> 2021-02-22 19:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1228476366 lbalci2 https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1243649571 Another friends opinion much different to the previous.]]> 2021-02-25 23:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lbalci2/2hbf4dca35oun089/wish/1243649571