“You like me, right now. You like me.”
With those words (frequently misquoted over the years), Sally Field heartfully showed her gratitude for public validation in her 1984 Oscar acceptance speech.
Her words came to mind as news circulated that Instagram is experimenting with removing public validation on photo or video posts. (Twitter also is exploring alternatives to a “like”-focused atmosphere.)
Teens and influencers are wringing their hands, wondering how they’ll show the world that their content (and, by extension, their person) is popular.
