I realize that it’s the Digital Age, and much of how we interact with our peers is done online using a variety of social media platforms. But when we start measuring an entire country’s happiness by the amount of smiles in its citizens’ Instagram photos, I have to call foul.

According to Fast Company, an app called Jetpac analyzes Instagram photos and awards them “smile scores” based on the amount and strength of one’s grin in the pics. They’ve delved head first into over 150 million snapshots.

I applaud Jetpac’s intention of trying to gauge a respective country’s well-being and attempting to chart correlations for the betterment of its people. But Instagram photos? Come on, now. Why not just measure how many times people sing and dance in YouTube videos?

It’s a subjective method that has just as many flaws as Healthcare.Gov. First, we have to consider that despite the fact that people smile in photos, they may not be happy. Sure, disgruntled people might throw a frown or scowl in there, but as we all know from experience, smiles don’t always equate to happiness.

Then there’s the fact that social media isn’t as prevalent in other countries as it is domestically. In 2013, eMarketer reported that social media networks reach one in four people worldwide. I agree, it’s a hefty amount, but 25 percent of the world’s approximate 7 billion population who don’t have social media is roughly 1.75 billion.

Forbes took a more scientific approach to the same idea, measuring countries’ happiness based on the likes of economics, freedom and health. By its standards, the U.S.A is the 11th happiest country in the world. Taking into account Jetpac’s data, we wouldn’t even crack the top ten happiest in South America but would be would be ninth happiest in Europe.

So if Jetpac were to revise its study to something more specific, say, highest instances of smiling on Instagram via countries, taking into account those where social media has yet to reach, I’d raise a glass to it and call it a day.

Jetpac did determine, however, that Boston is the 19th happiest city out of a list of 20. That, for some reason, seems to make a bit more sense.

But perhaps I’m just underestimating the power of social media, Instagram specifically. Feel free to drop some knowledge in the comments section below.