But while Systrom immersed himself in celebrity culture, he could also be clueless about it. A short brunette woman at the party explained that while she loved using Instagram, she thought it was pressuring young people, who could be quite mean to each other online. Because the stars had much bigger follower counts, the app’s upsides and downsides stood out to the extreme. She could see her fans getting bullied in the comments for her photos—something Instagram didn’t have a solution for. “And what is it that you do?” Systrom asked, his six-foot-five frame hovering over hers. She took out her
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