For Instagrammers, but amid fears attracting them has become a competition, the platform is about to trial making the number of them on a post invisible to other users.
But a 2017 report revealed the dark side of this, describing social media as"more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol".
Among social media's side effects are anxiety, depression, a lack of sleep related to the fear of missing out , poor body image and bullying. GP Grant Blashki told the ABC last year he was concerned the reality gap was affecting teenagers' mental health.
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