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What exactly is Instagram for? (pg. 3)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
Give it shot and follow stuff you like. |
I guess I will, I guess I will! |
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| Vivid Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I've been thinking about creating an Instagram account, but should I bother doing it before I get really shredded and travel the world shirtless documenting my every meal?
There has got to be more to it than this :p |
It's mainly for selling protein powder in pyramid schemes these days |
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| Jon_Snow |
Instagram post:
Yall check out my free range Turkey I bought. I'm baking it now and it smells delish!
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| wotyzoid |
| I just take pictures of the trees in my backyard |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
It's mainly for selling protein powder in pyramid schemes these days |
I'm trying to earn enough so my unborn daughter doesn;t have to sell Protein powder on Instagram.
Seriously, instagram is a visual platform, but that's not to say you don't get great engagement. Sure you can set up an account for your cat/dog/chinchilla and have a couple of thousand followers in a month, or you can just post pictures of latin chicks with surgical enhancments and have thousands of bots, but honestly, the platform is what you make it.
For businesses that actually sell physical items or IP, the engagement is far better than FB and unlike facebook, there's no throttle on who sees it - your entire base of followers see you posts and then the way it's algorithm works, people who are a connection away get to see it so the viral effect is incredible. It does somewhat learn to trending, so popular posts get more play etc, but you can build a really good base and nothing really presents like it.
As for bots, yes, it's rife but that's really only on the bot trends, so if you're pursuing certain hash tags it's going to be a cluster but a little thought gets you to the right people. unless you're one of those girls that's bio says "for commercial enquiries" and all their pics are of them in dubai or Ibiza. Apparently even some celebs supplement their income this way. |
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| Jon_Snow |
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| Psyshell |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You're almost convincing me Instagram is for dick pics... And I feel like a dick for posting a selfie now so, score :D
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I was kinda wondering what TAs look like, so I appreciate it at least.
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I want to believe this is sarcasm, really I do. |
I'd prefer someone who's at least somewhat proud of how they look sometimes to someone who's merely insecure. I also quite enjoy other people's selfies at times. The people who post a new one every week with a sad look fishing for compliments suck but I do enjoy people who post the occasional one with a variety of clothes, expressions and hairstyles. With everything it's about balance but personally AFAIK I prefer people to be more vain than average.
I'd far prefer someone who has 6 different selfies on their profile with a variety of expressions that indirectly portray and express their personality than someone who is massively insecure so only takes pictures of themselves rarely. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
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Looks amazing, but why so early? I don't follow your holidays that much, but isn't Turkey Day on Thursday? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I'm trying to earn enough so my unborn daughter doesn;t have to sell Protein powder on Instagram. |
Nearly missed that one.
Should I be offering congratulations? |
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| Paradox Lost |
| It's a great opportunity to post pictures of you looking accidentally sexy. And of course a picture of the beach with your outstretched feet in the foreground. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Looks amazing, but why so early? I don't follow your holidays that much, but isn't Turkey Day on Thursday? |
Thanks.
My mom has a small kitchen, cooking for the holidays there is stressful and chaotic. I decided this year to cook it ahead of time so I can actually enjoy Thanksgiving. |
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