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𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒌 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 "𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔

B illionaire and X owner Elon Musk has triggered another round of online debate after describing Instagram as a platform for girls.  Musk made the remark on Thursday, October 2, in a short reply on X . It started when a user named Geiger Capital posted that he had deleted his Instagram account. He called the app an "inherently female app" that offers no real value. Musk responded with a four-word comment: "Instagram is for girls." The reply quickly went viral, drawing thousands of likes, shares and mixed reactions. This is not the first time Musk has made such a comment about the Meta-owned platform. In May this year, during an online conversation about how people present themselves on social media, Musk made a similar statement. He said he was confused when adult men sent him links to their Instagram pages. That comment was widely criticized by users who described it as dismissive. Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X, has often used his account t...