Sadly, I think this sends a stronger signal to influencers that they need to get into the hot new place even more aggressively than before, because if they don't, they might not be able to get their photo.

I hope at least a "no tripods or professional photography" rule becomes more commonplace, I can't imagine trying to have a relaxing breakfast when that's going on at the table beside me.

It seems like a policy that you only deploy after you got all the publicity you need.

Meanwhile the Perkins down the road from me has no such policy.

Set up a tripod and video camera and film for 2 hours to find out… I have a feeling this wouldn’t be tolerated anywhere.

> As it posted in an Instagram Story earlier this week: “We love food and drink photos (clearly) … but the TikToks and Instagram photoshoots have gotten a bit out of control for us."

The influencer culture had gotten so unbearable that they had to take to Instagram and get the message out. You can't make this shit up.

If you want to reach people using Instagram, then ya you'd want to use Instagram to reach those people...

Or you know you could also just put a sign on the door. However that wouldn't have generated the publicity that announcing it on Instagram has so obviously(and calculatedly) created.

And have hundreds of people keep showing up to do the thing you don’t want to do until they see the sign? Until drumrolls someone posts the sign on Instagram…

And the cycle continues!