Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures

Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures

instagrambook.bsky.social

A Bluesky account about a book about Instagram, written by Tama Leaver, Tim Highfield and Crystal Abidin, published by the fine folks at Polity Press. Here we try and keep on top of the many, many changes to Instagram as a platform, & its many cultures.

👤 Joined on 14 November 2024

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Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work. Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...

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In the Trump era, could Meta really be forced to sell Instagram? We'll see... "Meanwhile, in recent weeks, Zuckerberg has personally lobbied Trump to drop the FTC lawsuit. The agency’s chair, Andrew Ferguson, recently suggested that he would obey such an order from Trump." www.theverge.com/pol...

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13 years ago #Instagram users were very angry that Facebook purchased Instagram, worrying it would destroy what was unique about the app and the visual culture it was building. It turns out those concerns were very justified.

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22 February 2025 08:16

Hi! I’m Kristen, a ceramicist/artist who finds how creative folks share their practice online incredibly interesting - so much so I’m about to start my PhD exploring this further. I’ll probably post about both my creative and academic practice on here. Let’s see how it goes, hey? ✨

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Tama Leaver
12 February 2025 04:41

It's worse that users have no way to opt out of their DMs being fed to MetaAI by others they're talking to.

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