Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner Called Out Instagram for ‘Trying to Be TikTok,’ and the App’s CEO Responded

Listen, if anyone is going to know anything about Instagram (outside of those who directly work for the company), it’s going to be the Kardashian-Jenners. So when Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner spoke out this week to “plead” with the social media platform to “make Instagram Instagram again,” we took notice. 

The duo, who are both prolific users of Instagram and have already built up big followings on TikTok too, made their feelings clear on the direction they would like the apps to take—and to implore the former to stay true to themselves. (Good life advice for all of us.) 

Kylie kicked things off by sharing a viral graphic, originally shared by the @illumitati account, captioned: “I’m starting a movement. Let’s bring back the old instagram, share this to your stories and SIGN MY PETITION. LINK ON MY STORY. SHARE THIS EVERYWHEREEEEE LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO.”

The image in question says: “Make Instagram Instagram again. Stop trying to be TikTok I just want to see cute photos of my friends. Sincerely, Everyone.”

The 24-year-old shared the post on her Instagram Stories, adding: “PLEASEEEEEEE.”

Kim Kardashian, ever the supportive sister, then made her feelings known about the new Instagram update by sharing the same image on her own Instagram Stories to her 326 million followers, with the caption: “PRETTY PLEASE.” Elder Kardashian sister Kourtney also shared the graphic, which has now amassed 1.9 million likes in only four days.

And here is where the true power of celebrity comes in because, unlike you or me, when the Kardashian-Jenners (who have an impressive 686 million followers between them) speak up, the powers that be listen. Instagram’s actual CEO, Adam Mosseri, has released a video in response to the backlash toward the latest app update, explaining that the plan for the social platform moving forward is much more video based. 

So that’s why we’ve just been seeing endless reels on our Explore page, rather than our ex-boyfriend’s cousin’s sister whom we once stalked seven years ago. Bummer. 

“We’re experimenting with a number of different changes to the app, and so we’re hearing a lot of concerns from all of you,” he said, adding: “I want to be clear, it’s not yet good. And we’re going to have to get it to a good place if we’re going to ship it to the rest of the Instagram community.”

But don’t panic, you won’t need to create a snappy video of your latest holiday or create a slideshow of your friend’s birthday picnic in order to get pickup on Instagram just yet. “I want to be clear: We’re going to continue to support photos. It’s part of our heritage,” Mosseri explained. 

“That said, I need to be honest: I do believe that more and more of Instagram is going to become video over time. We see this even if we change nothing. We see this even if you just look at chronological feed.”

So what we're hearing here is that, though Kim Kardashian and her sisters undoubtably wield huge power—huge enough to get the CEO of Instagram to directly respond—they do not, in fact, govern the future of technology. 

In the meantime, while we totally agree that seeing pics of our pals has traditionally been the reason we go to Instagram, we can’t help but feel that we should probably trust the app to know what’s best for itself. After all, we all hated Insta Stories when they first hit the scene (“This will just never catch on,” I told a friend), and now look at us. 

This post originally appeared on Glamour U.K.