Instagram’s Mental Health Emergency

Psychological stress arises from Instagram through the relentless social comparisons it induces, alongside its addictive design. Instagram, like Facebook and Twitter, doesn t stop. Features such as infinite scrolling are designed to addict users to an endless newsfeed. The little red dots and circles hook us up to a drip feed of rewards all we have to do is press or click, and our repetitive behaviour is reinforced.

via quillette.com

Instagram et al. are clearly addicting and their use among children should be regulated or prohibited. It’s too late for us as parents but those yet to procreate — be warned.