Now it has been a few weeks since this has happened, but as we all may know Facebook purchased Instagram for about $1 billion. This is very interesting to me because Facebook is not a site that needs more users but there could be a potential for Facebook feeling threatened by Instagram because of it's growing popularity. The Instagram app allows its users to share their photos via Facebook, so the two were already somewhat indirectly linked, now that linkage is just official. I think that this move was very strategic for Instagram due to their great reputation and user basis that Facebook has, and now that can also be the case for Instagram.
I can honestly say that I have loved using Instagram and it may have even become a borderline obesession. And this is where an app like this can get dangerous, when it becomes addictive or a main concern in life. I know that I personally am guilty of taking photos specifically for the purpose of using the filters that Instagram provides, and then posting it on the feed to see how many of my followers will like it. This is where it becomes about seeing how popular you are with other users rather than doing it purely as a photo editing application. The question I must continue to ask myself and I will pose to all you "Instagrammers" out there is this: Are you only living certain parts of your life to document them or would you still do that activity if the camera lens wasn't involved?
Here is an example of a picture I took, and the one below it has had the 'Toaster' filter applied to it through Instagram.
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