Last time I wrote about Facebook, now it's time for a second application I'm using a lot, several times during a day. I give you Instagram, you folks. Instagram has become a part of my daily life and almost the first thing, what I'm doing after I wake up is browsing through Instagram and the new pictures there.
So what's Instagram? It's this free application, where you can share your pictures and videos and comment and like about other's pictures and videos. It was launched in October of 2010 and had quickly over million users. According to Instagram's Wikipedia-site, in December of 2014 there was over 300 million registered users in the Instagram. This application have to be downloaded from your store (App Store etc.) and then you create an account, where you can post pictures and 60 sec long videos. You can also use different filters to make your pictures (or you in the picture) look better.
The idea of this application is kinda same as the Pinterest. You create an account, add your friends and maybe some celebrities and then you can follow their updates from your feed. You can like about them and after liking, you can find all your likes on one site, so it's easy to find them again. Among people, you can also find bands, movies, animals, recipes, designs, art, artists, TV-series etc. from there and all of them are posting their own pictures or videos. One of the main thing in Instagram is these hashtags. It basically means this # sign and some text after it, like #Instagram. Hashtags makes it easy to find stuff, which you are interested and might like about. If you want share something with just one friend, there's also change of private conversation. You can share pictures or videos privately with someone or just talk. Also, you can tag people you want to see something and they will get an notification about it.
Instagram has forbidden downloading pictures, which include harming yourself or which could provoke to harm yourself. Also you can't download naked pictures, part naked pictures or any sexually suggestive pictures to Instagram. Oh, and also, you have to be at least 13 years old to register in this application and to use it. Although, I know many under this age, who are using this app and maybe also posting kinda doubtful pictures about themselves. I think that it's somehow fashionable for these kids to post provoking or suggestive pictures in different social media applications.
Although there is these certain rules, I think that some people are not following them. There has been all kind of pictures and videos public on my feed and this "preferred" site on Instagram. Although, I think that this problem is common in almost any applications, which include people and pictures.
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