https://www.instagram.com/ogiel23/
I’ve signed up for it, because apparently all the cool people are on it and I figure that some of them have a buck a month that they could throw my way on Patreon so I can hit the next tier. I just don’t know what to do with the blessed thing. It’s, like, picture-based and stuff, right?
Best I can tell, it’s pictures and captions and comments. So…. Facebook without the really obnoxious bits.
So, it is all memes? It is the distillation of the internet. The apotheosis?
*shrugs* The Instagram pages I bother with are distilled from individuals with fewer such tastes. More selfies, puppies and food than anything.
I work with high school kids. From what I’ve been able to glean by listening to them, the object of Instagram is to attract hordes of mindless groupies called “followers.” The more followers you have, the better. If you attract enough followers, you will be able to control their minds, and you will have a zombie army at your disposal.
Now, the way to attract followers is to post photos of yourself. Usually, these photos are taken in bathroom mirrors or in tropical locales. If you could somehow combine the two, followers would descend upon you like Egyptian Frogs from the skies. You have to hold the camera up high and contort your face. This sends a signal that you are someone of consequence and should therefore be followed. If you have cleavage, this is the time to present it. Showing your cleavage is “empowering”, so the more you do it, the more empowered you will be.
Well, that’s what I’ve heard, anyway.
Yes, but how do you monetize all of this?
One approach appears to be owning a tropical resort (or a room with “tropical resort” wallpaper) and many mirrors .. the insteratti must then pay you to snap themselves..
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For someone who is *not* 16, a cheerleader, and/or vapid, perhaps posting pictures of subject matter similar to or related to your Patreon stories?
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“Here’s the pic, to read the story, click here:”
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That’s a *guess* from someone who doesn’t care at all about teenagers and their ridiculously over-self-indulgent culture, just so we’re clear.
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(If Junior Cat were in your kids’ age cohort, he’d be banned from social media.)
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Mew
Instagram seems like Tumblr with less porn.