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0 pointsiamatworknow9y ago0 comments

There's one comedian I know who deleted his twitter account (I think in part because of harassment he was getting, and also in an attempt to obscure his less savory posts from his non-famous days). Then he took to Instagram and started posting images of text with comments disabled. At that point, why even bother? Does the number next to the heart button mean that much to you?

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herge9y ago

Maybe to preven plagiarism? If people share the same image around, you can trace it back to the original author with a watermark, etc.

joe51509y ago

You'd be surprised by how little compunction people have with just copying it (via screenshot) and sharing it anyway.

iamatworknowOP9y ago

I should've been clearer -- he's not even posting jokes or anything creative, just random social commentary mostly.

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