I have heard of Instagram of course, but not sure exactly what it is.
Do people generally like it, and if so, why? Are you glad you joined it? Is it like Facebook in any way?
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
I joined because most musicians/bands I like are active on it and I can get feed from their pages. I don't like posting on it though. It's a very faulty, user unfriendly social media site that was developed primarily for smartphones and I primarily use desktop so lots of things don't work for me. Most of the photos I post there look horrible, it degrades their quality pretty badly so I end up deleting a lot of what I at first intended posting on there and just end up annoyed by it all.
Mellowgirl · 31-35, F
@CrazyMusicLover ruins photo quality that's odd... So many people have such good photography on Instagram. That's a new one. I guess if it's about the sizes most apps can help you edit images to match the requirements
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@LadyGrace Yes, there's something like a safe bet that if you post a picture in 1:1 with 1080x1080 resolution, it should be okay but with all respect to them, I don't shoot my pictures in 1:1. 🤦🏻♀ I really don't like their rules.
Another thing to know is that you hardly catch attention of random other people. It's not like on a small site like this where if you post pretty pictures, you get at least 5 likes. I am always very surprised when someone puts a like on my photos on Instagram because I have no idea how they came across my stuff at all. Probably somehow through the tags but I don't know. There are too many users and if you have no following, I guess you have zero chance to get to the feed.
Another thing to know is that you hardly catch attention of random other people. It's not like on a small site like this where if you post pretty pictures, you get at least 5 likes. I am always very surprised when someone puts a like on my photos on Instagram because I have no idea how they came across my stuff at all. Probably somehow through the tags but I don't know. There are too many users and if you have no following, I guess you have zero chance to get to the feed.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@Mellowgirl I don't know. I tried many things but it's always obvious on my photos from the woods. It's not a huge difference so maybe if you look at photos of others you don't immediately see that something is wrong but when I know how sharp that photo is before uploading, I can see the difference very well. Also, if you look at Instagram on a small screen on a smartphone, it should be okay. I have a 4k screen though and some things come forward like crazy.