Nigerian actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has called out Mark Zuckerberg over his Instagram account, expressing his concerns about a significant drop in his followers.
The veteran actor disclosed that his Instagram following, which was once 2.3 million, has dropped to 1.9 million over the past 7 to 8 months.
He questioned why his follower count had decreased rather than increased, pointing out that this issue was affecting many other creators as well.
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Kanayo O. Kanayo urged Zuckerberg and his team to address the problem, emphasising that Nigerian creators, in particular, deserve fair treatment, as their success also benefits the platform.
The industry elder highlighted that this trend occurs mostly across Africa and called on the Meta team to look into the matter.
Listen to him talk below:
Kanayo O. Kanayoโs video trends online
Netizens are reacting to what the actor said.
empiregirle_byameeable:
“Yes followers has been decreasing for no reason even while people follow up it doesn’t add up.”
@prettiest_uni_9ja_girls:
“Use Mark for sacrifice sir.”
@poshest_hope:
“We are all going through this. I even noticed their new tactics. They remove people from your followers themselves even without the people knowing. Omo!!”
@amazingfreshmouth1:
“Use sense comment, nor go drop comment when go make they finally block your account ohh, Mark is watching.”
@verydarkblackman:
“Make I no talk ๐ una no want know watin my eyes see for Instagram hand.”
@dkokopee:
“Make we dey pray for Zuckerberg oo, Nnayi sacrifice, we beg on behalf of zuk_abegโฆ No offer am to the gods.”
@rahman_jago_:
“Lmao I went from 1.5-1.2m cos I stopped posting.”
@csi_forex:
“Mark is reducing our followers so we can focus on our government and leave social media space.”
@ceo_ironside:
“If you stop posting they will start reducing your followers & views… Instagram want to make we dey work for them to promote the app… RUBBISH.”
@iamremote:
“You are not the only one sir. From 1.3m to 1.1m… I go lie for you?”
@therealfemi:
“I celebrated 300k 4 years ago. Now I’m getting ready to celebrate 200k.”
@personaltransport:
“Itโs not only you sir, we are all in it together. Move to TikTok you will see followers every day.”
@amazingfreshmouth1:
“Use sense comment, nor go drop comment when go make they finally block your account ohh, Mark is watching.”
@aphricanace:
“Many of us have been comfortably sitted on this table for like 5 years now. The day IG will fix this thing ehn, me Iโll goan give testimony in church, then kill 10 goat for egbon Mark.”
@chii_machine:
“Omo same with mine. I just tire. Na TikTok I dey sleep now.”
@celebrity_dr_dee:
“You go dey see followers but e no dey add. I have been on 1.7m since 2021.”
@chefsnshopper:
“Algorithm hasnโt been favourable to most content creators, especially since Facebook started paying (in my opinion). A lot of accounts are linked to Facebook. More views and followership on IG means more on Facebook and that will make Mark spend more money.”
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