Instagram

I read an article several weeks back about Instagramers who delete posts that do not receive enough likes. Apparently this is how some users manage their popularity, or at least the perception if their popularity. The tell tale sign is an account with very few posts that received many likes. And then, just like any other users, I see the statistics of my account followers fluctuate. This is where some menacing users follow you with the hope that you would reciprocate. And whether you do or not, they would unfollow you a couple of days later. It is somewhat troubling to think how shallow people can get on Instagram.

I, on the other hand, have a much deeper appreciation of Instagram. When I first started using it, I was unsure what I would use it for. I mean how would it be different from the way I use Facebook? I am someone who needs to set ground rules and principles before I start on something. Confusion confuses me. I eventually decided that my Instagram account would be for photos where people are not the subject. They would be photos that I would not want to bomb my Facebook account with. For instance, photo of a coffee cup would go onto Instagram. Facebook photos are for keeping in touch with our extended family and friends and coffee cups don't build relationships, or do they?

Serious users tend to have a specific theme for each of their accounts. I like everything in one place and was too lazy to set up different accounts. Besides it gets a bit dull to have an account just about one thing. So the theme of my account is "A closer look at my surrounding". Can't get any more specific than that can you? 

Being on holiday gets me in an Instagram frenzy as there are many things in my surrounding that requires a closer look. Everywhere I look are things that I need to feed "my precious". That watering can, that duck, that windmill, that cake... It came to a point this week where I hit some built-in limit or trigger on the app and my account was suspended for 24 hours, twice over. Other users can see what I uploaded but it would not be saved on my homepage. I couldn't believe my eyes so I looked it up on goggle. Apparently it is a mechanism to prevent malicious virus or codes from spamming the system. Me? Spamming on Instagram? Never. I visited Cirencester and there were lots of stuff in my surrounding which required a closer look.

So if you have been following my Instagram account, you would have noticed a siesta. And I am loading photos from a few days back and at a much slower rate. It's my 3rd day in Devon and I am just now loading the photos of Bath. Duh!!!