Instagram’s plan to make all its video Reels is a transparent TikTok ripoff

It’s no secret that Instagram is losing the social media war to TikTok. If Meta’s app is ever going to reverse this trend, it needs to come up with new and interesting features. Or so you’d think. Instead it appears that Instagram is going to continue the Facebook tradition of ‘If You Can’t Beat It, Copy It.’ And goddamn, it’s copying the hell out of TikTok. The mighty plan? To make every video posted on the platform a Reel. A feature that, if you remember, was stolen from TikTok anyway. Anyway, here’s the news itself: Instagram is now making EVERY…

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