# Here's a good idea (to give control of Instagram accounts to Ukrainians)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449 "2022-03-21T22:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449/1 "2022-03-21T22:39:00Z")

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David Beckham (famous english soccer player) hands control  
of Instagram account (71M+ followers) to a Ukrainian Doctor.

> **[David Beckham hands Instagram account to Ukrainian doctor](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60819009?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA)**
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> Ex-footballer says he wants to highlight work being done by medical professionals in the conflict.

More celebs need to do this.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449/2 "2022-03-21T22:59:52Z")

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That does sound like a good idea! It’ll be interesting to see how many of Beckham’s followers the doctor retains. There’s the potential, at least, to get millions of people interested – but some are going to be annoyed; that’s literally not what they signed up for.

Maybe Beckham could and should maintain some presence, enough to keep his own fans interested in the cause just because he’s behind it. If they liked him enough to follow his Instagram, maybe they’ll get involved in what he suggests.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449/3 "2022-03-21T23:16:59Z")

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Beckham taking over her practice was taking the swap a bit far, though.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449/4 "2022-03-22T14:57:55Z")

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> [@Briny\_Deep](#):
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> Maybe Beckham could and should maintain some presence, enough to keep his own fans interested in the cause just because he’s behind it.

Yes, i suspect he still has access. I guess he can just give the doctor the password and ask her to log out when she’s done posting…  
(Also, he’s probably past the desperately-needing-followers stage by now !)