Instagram
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What is Instagram?
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| Instagram on an iPhone |
It is an online photo-sharing and social network service. It allows the users to take pictures, then apply effects via the "digital filters" and then share them in the service. It is a social network site such as Facebook or twitter whereby you have are able to post up pictures, have followers and follow others. The only difference is that this mainly focuses on pictures compared to other social networks. You can link your Instagram to your Twitter and to your Facebook to farther share the photos you have taken on this social network to variety of other social networks. Instagram always confines photos to a square shape kind of like Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images.
Systems it is Available on?
It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and it came out in October 2010. Instagram has over 100 million registered users of which 90 million are active users. You can download Instagram on the Apple App Store and Google Play. It was originally only supported by apple products like iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch but in April 2012 it was also available in Andriod camera phones that had 2.2 Froyo.
How to Use Instagram?
Instagram is an easy to use App. You can access Instagram from either your phone or your computer. All you have to do is go to the App Store and download the app for Instagram which is free. Once you've download the app, you can know create an account on the app. Once you have created an account, you can now easily take pictures and share them with people who you decide to follow and ones that decide to follow you. You can take pictures then upload them, and before you upload them you will have the chance to add a filter to it, to give it some effects and whatnot. Once you've done this you can go on ahead and approve the picture and click to share it. You can add location, caption or hashtags to the picture if you wish to. Now you can like other peoples pictures and comment on their pictures just how they can do to yours!
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| The Photo Filter on Instagram |
Opinions on Instagram
People usually tend to give good feed backs when it comes to Instagram. Some of Instragam users have said "it is an unique way to share pictures or art with the world". On the other hand there are times when people don't usually like Instagram. This usually applies to people who are more cautious about photography and camera. They say "the quality nor the effects are as good". Following is the opinion of a youtuber:
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