Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by simonsarris on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:28AM
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I find very few photographers obsess over "image quality", instead they care about if a photo is a good photo or not.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by lm28469 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:43AM
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And I'm the first to agree with that, I shot 35mm film and scan it myself. But not to the extent of jpeg compression artefacts and ultra low resolution, just look at that [0], you can barely distinguish anything besides blurry blobs of colors (it's displayed even smaller on the actual IG feed). I hate pixel peeping, but imho the only way that pic would look decent is on a 4" display.
[0] https://scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/5390bf9a135306a5...
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by psychomugs on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:21PM
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Photogs adapt to the medium. [1] provides a good insight into how Instagram's (initial) square-only format and low resolution are creative constraints themselves. I practice mostly street and photojournalism with some portraits (and also shoot, develop, and scan my own film) and story has always triumphed quality, and Instagram's limits are plenty.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by monkmartinez on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:32AM
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Not true... How about all the makers out there? They are going to make with or without approval from strangers / aquaninstences. I am happy they share on IG as I wouldn't see their creations otherwise... especially folks in countries that do not use an western style keyboard.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by lm28469 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:52AM
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> They are going to make with or without approval
Well yeah that's the whole point. If you "make" to show you're not a "maker" you're a "shower". IG is purely built for attention seekers / self centered people and wouldn't exists without them. (it's always a form of narcissism / virtue signalling / showing off
You can be happy they share their stuff on instagram but it doesn't change the underlying reason of why it is shared.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by psychomugs on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:33PM
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Some makers are motivated by showing / sharing things to others even before social media was around. Instagram is also a useful marketing platform for creative professionals who may otherwise have had a harder time breaking through. Just because the platform doesn't fit your use case doesn't mean people don't use it for useful applications.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by Shish2k on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:25AM
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Is there an official logical fallacy for "I subscribed to shit content producers and now I get shit content, I blame the app"? I feel like I see that one a lot...
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by lm28469 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:58AM
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Look at what's "trending", look at what's popular, I'm not talking about the .01%. The .01% don't affect society.
Re:The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience
by yakshaving_jgt on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:54PM
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This is only true until the platform shows you a load of content you didn't subscribe to.
This is something Instagram and Twitter both do.
Right, first off the quality of pics on IG is abysmal, not even talking about the aspect ratio limitation. And on top of that you have to search very hard to find actual og content on instagram, everyone is copying the trend of the week/month thinking they're hip [0]. It's like watching straight to DVD movies for their artistic value.
There are two kind of people on ig:
- narcissistic people who live through their projections, seeking approval from strangers / acquaintances.
- advertisers / "influencers" trying to brainwash <15 years old into thinking that life is all about how you look and what you consume.
[0] https://www.boredpanda.com/social-media-instagram-identical-...