Instagram: Is It The Best Platform For Sharing Photos?
Instagram is that picture sharing social networking platform that lets you add cool and trendy filters to your photographs and publish them to a network of people. Your photos can be followed by anybody, and you can follow the pictures of the rich and famous (or merely your friends if you aren't into following celebrities).
Nonetheless the question is: is Instagram really useful? A lot of people claim that we do not need another picture sharing platform as we already have Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Should we just use this for the filters and publish on our pre-existing social media platforms, or is it truly a great way to connect to and engage people for both personal and branding purposes?
Hip, Fun, Interactive
Instagram is undoubtedly interactive and now it's accessible by the great majority of mobile users since they released Instagram for Android on April 4, 2012. Now instagram isn't just a special club for iPhone users, but includes Android users.
It is easy to comment, like, and publish to other social networks. There are options to add filters to make your photographs more colourful or antique looking in addition to a toggle option to mechanically brighten your photograph. They've also got a smart camera that allows you to take pictures that are automatically cropped to the instagram signature square.
But is it worth signing up for and using as another social network?
Instagram Pros: Instagram opens you up to a whole new network of people. I just joined yesterday (when it was released on Android) and already individuals that are not in my other networks are liking my photographs and commenting on them. It's the best way to open your network and brand yourself based on your mobile photography talents. You may also simply import your mates list and share on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Tumblr.
Instagram Cons: My most important consideration is whether this app will have longevity. Right now it is the hip app to install to filter and share photos, but it might not stick as technology develops, and so on. Plus it will be simple for other copycat programs to come out with the equivalent or something better - Instagram got fortunate because they branded themselves as hip. It is nearly a genius promoting ploy to only be released on iPhone because it makes the Android users (stereotypically less trendy overall) want the artsy app that all their iPhone friends are using.
The Decision
While instagram may not be the best platform in terms of the potential spread (it's limited to folks who download the app), it's still shared on other social networking platforms. If you are "connected" in the slightest online and are working to have interaction with others and build up a brand, you cannot miss out on instagram (even if it may be short-lived - but on the other hand are not most social networks on a timeline, like MySpace?). Plus (at least on the new Android app) it saves all of your photographs to a friendly small folder on your cell phone. Why not give in to this trend? It's fun, and makes everybody feel a little bit more creative.
Amy writes about social media for Experts123.





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