EOTO Week 8

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Instagram is a popular social media platform used for sharing photos and videos that was released in October of 2010. Ever since its release date, it has grown immensely and was bought by Facebook in April of 2012 for one billion dollars. The app has gained my new features since it first came out as well. You can post “stories” that only stay up for 24 hours, you can use filters, tag your location, add captions, hashtags and much more.


As popular as the app is, there are many pros and cons of the platform. For the pros, it is a very visual medium, since you can share a lot about yourself on the platform, and you can always see what your friends and family are doing. There are many marketing opportunities within the app to promote brands and companies. Lastly, the app has a very clean interface. The app is easy to use and is very organized. For the cons, it makes people's lives seem much more interesting than they really are. People only post the exciting things that happen in their lives and it can make other people have low self esteem seeing what everyone else is doing. It also can become addictive, just like any other social media platform. Being active on Instagram can easily get in the way of being productive and getting things done.


Instagram has grown a lot of the years and continues to grow to this day. There are many positives and negatives with the app, but that goes with anything in life. It is important to not get too wrapped up in social media and let it take over your life. 


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