- During the summer, I probably lost more than half of the range, almost 75 percent.
It's a dent in the ego, of course, says photographer Marcus Cederberg, who is frustrated at not having insight into Instagram's change in algorithms.
- It is completely impossible to know what the value of my pictures is, he says.
The photographer and artist Erik Johansson has also noticed the changes.
- It feels like you are forced to make video content, says the artist Erik Johansson, who works in the borderland between photography and visual art.
Video isn't really something he wants to do, but he sees a future where he might have to.
- But I still think that the still image has its place in our world, you can fill it in with your imagination about what happened both before and after, he says.
Became more like TikTok
He describes that while his number of followers is gradually increasing on Instagram, the interactions have become much fewer.
- It feels like quantity has become more important than quality and I work for a very long time with a single image and then I want those who follow me to be able to see it.
The appeal against Instagram's changes, which has the title "Make Instagram Instagram again", has almost 180,000 signatures at the time of writing.
The critics, including Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, believe that Instagram has become too similar to the video-based network TikTok.
- I don't know how much it helps considering that they (Instagram) analyze the data and see what keeps the users.
Unfortunately, they probably look at it more than the users actually want, says Erik Johansson.
Instagram responds to the criticism
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, has now commented on the criticism in a video on Twitter.
He believes that Instagram will continue to show still images, but that there will be more and more focus on video because that is what people like, share and consume on the platform.