INSTAGRAM

WHAT IS INSTAGRAM?????

                       

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Instagram is a free social networking service built around sharing photos and videos. It launched in October 2010 on iOS first, and became available on Android in April 2012. Facebook purchased the service in April 2012 and has owned it since.

Like most social media apps, Instagram allows you to follow users that you’re interested in. This creates a feed on the homepage showing recent posts from everyone you follow. You can Like posts and comment on them.

In addition to posting normal photos and videos, which stay on your page permanently, Instagram also supports Stories. If you’ve used Snapchat, you’ll be familiar with these. Stories allow you to post one or more photos and video clips in a series. Anyone can view these for 24 hours, after which they expire.

HOW DOES IT WORKS?

                          

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To start using the service, you’ll need to sign up for an Instagram account. You can log in with Facebook, or provide your name, email address, and set a username and password.

Once that’s done, you should download Instagram for android or IOS. You can also install it for Windows 10, which is basically a port of the mobile app.

While Instagram has a desktop site, it’s fairly limited. It’s passable for browsing your feed, but Instagram is designed to be used on a smartphone.

DISCOVERY AND FOLLOWINGS

                               

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Instagram isn’t much fun without people to follow. Hit the magnifying glass icon on the bottom bar and you’ll open the Discover page. Here you’ll see pictures/users Instagram thinks you might like, along with categories at the top. Use the Search bar at the top to look up people you want to follow.

On a profile, just hit the Follow button to subscribe to their posts. From then on, you’ll see their content on your Home tab. You can unfollow an account at any time by following the same process.

HOW TO POST?

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To upload a new post, just tap the Plus icon in the middle of the bottom toolbar. Here you can choose to take a new photo or video, or upload an existing picture from your Gallery. You can add several pictures to one post, as well.

After you take your photo, you can apply one of Instagram’s many filters with just a tap. Photo pros can also manually make changes using the Edit tab.

Finally, add a comment to your picture, tag people and mark the location if you want, and choose whether to share it to other social networks. Once you hit Share, your picture will appear on your profile and in your followers’ feeds.