The Rise of 'Grid Zero': Why more Instagram users are hiding their profile

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The Rise of 'Grid Zero': Why more Instagram users are hiding their profile
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Many users are concealing their public photos and sharing instead in private spaces. It's something of a protest against the over-sharing culture of social media. And Gen Z is driving the trend.

Many users are concealing their public photos and sharing instead in private spaces. It's something of a protest against the over-sharing culture of social media. And Gen Z is driving the trend.An Instagram page where the user has hidden their entire photo grid. The trend is being led by younger members increasingly concerned for their privacy.An Instagram page where the user has hidden their entire photo grid.

Millennials, of course, grew up documenting their lives online. But a new era of social media oversaturation, thanks to TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram Stories and various other apps, have afforded Gen Z far fewer moments to escape the ever-present glare of being publicly chronicled on social media. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said recently that the platform has been shifting resources away from other parts of the platform and toward direct messaging.

But de-feeding your feed doesn't mean spending less time on Instagram; it just means you're probably flicking through Stories or messaging your friends — choosing fleeting or private interactions over social media permanence.Instagram said young users continue to use fake Instagram accounts, also known as a"finsta," or"dump account," to share posts with a tigher-knit group of friends, often only after making their main profile Grid Zero.

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