The San Diego Union-Tribune: The TikTokification of Instagram is Hurting Artists

Pursuit of eyeballs pollutes the purpose of creative expression. Artists rely on social media to be discovered by potential buyers and investors, but the relationship between artisan and buyer is shifting in sync with the changes on the platform through which they interact. Not only are the developments at Instagram damaging an artist’s ability to market themselves, but they are also negatively impacting an artist’s capacity to self-express.