Instagram Is Killing Likes; Beca Alexander of Socialyte Tells Me What It Means

In the category of good riddance, Instagram is experimenting with getting rid of one of its least useful metrics, the Like. I talk with Beca Alexander, President of long-time influencer-management and brand consultant Socialyte to understand more about what it means. But as far as I'm concerned, losing the like gives us a chance to move beyond the high school era of social media. In this episode, I also promise to link you to a great Medium piece on the downside of all those millions of dollars that investors put into online-media companies, and how it suckered them into giving away expensive content for free. The story can be found here, I recommend it for those who care about why hot online outlets such as Buzzfeed and Vice keep having to lay off people even amid all their perceived, well, buzz. You can read my Tubefilter column on Instagram and likes here. Perhaps less surprisingly, I recommend that too. But give this podcast a listen. My conversation with Beca covers a lot of the changes in what matters to brands in dealing with influencers on the red-hot Instagram platform. If you're in business, or advising businesses, that are on Instagram, you should take in the wisdom here.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davidlbloom/support