Do you use Instagram? Sharing photos via this app is easy and addictive. All week I have been using the app's 18 filters to try out the various effects on different images. I tend to gravitate to a few favorites like Lo-Fi and Hudson, but each one has a special quality.
Why is Instagram gaining popularity so quickly? Perhaps it is the simplicity of the app that catches us by surprise and hooks us in. As Clive explains according to GalleyCat:
“There’s something weirdly hypnotic about following the lives of your friends through nothing but images. Given that Instagram’s user base is very international (for now, anyway), the most-popular page of photos is like a constellation of slices-‘o-life from around the globe. About half the people I’m following are total strangers in Russia, Korea and Argentina who take strikingly cool pictures.”
Last year during a panel discussion sponsored by Blogads, New York Times Magazine contributing writer Clive Thompson explained the appeal of this simple photo sharing app. At the same time he explains why writers should use the photo-sharing app in their daily lives.
