Instagram is a photo and video sharing social network service owned by Facebook, Inc. This app was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and was launched in October 2010 exclusively for iOS. Versions for Android devices released two years later, in April 2012, followed by a feature-limited website interface in November 2012, and apps for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 in April 2016 and October 2016.
This app allows users to upload photos and videos to the service, which can be edited with various filters, and organized with tags and location information. Account posts may be shared publicly or with previously approved followers. Users can explore other users' content based on their tags and location, and see trending content. Users can "like" photos, and follow other users to add their content to the feed.
This service was originally distinguished by only allowing content to be framed in a box aspect ratio (1: 1), but this restriction was reduced by 2015. The service also added messaging features, the ability to include multiple images or videos in a single post, as well as "Acts" similar to its main competitor, Snapchat - which lets users post photos and videos to consecutive feeds, with each post accessible to others for 24 hours each.
After launching in 2010, Instagram quickly gained in popularity, with one million registered users in two months, 10 million in a year, and finally 800 million as of September 2017. In April 2012, Facebook gained services of around US $ 1 billion in cash and stock. As of October 2015, over 40 billion photos have been uploaded to the service. Although praised for its influence, Instagram has been the subject of criticism, especially for policy changes and interfaces, alleged censorship, and illegal or inappropriate content uploaded by users.
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Histori
Instagram started development in San Francisco, when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger chose to focus their multi-feature HTML5 check-in project, Burbn, on mobile photography. When Krieger reasoned, Burbn became too similar to Foursquare, and both realized it was too far. Burbn then played to be more focused on sharing photos. The word Instagram is portmanteau instant camera and telegram .
On March 5, 2010, Systrom closed a $ 500,000 seedling funding with Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz while working on Burbn. Josh Riedel joined the company in October as Community Manager, Shayne Sweeney joined in November as an engineer, and Jessica Zollman joined as Community Evangelist in August 2011.
Kevin Systrom posted his first photo to Instagram on July 16, 2010. The photo featured a dog at the feet of a Mexican girlfriend and Systrom; photos have been upgraded using the Instagram X-PRO2 filter.
On October 6, 2010, iOS Instagram apps are officially released through the App Store.
In February 2011, it was reported that Instagram had raised $ 7 million in Series A funding from various investors, including Benchmark Capital, Jack Dorsey, Chris Sacca (through Capital Fund), and Adam D'Angelo. Agreement worth about $ 20 million Instagram.
On April 3, 2012, Instagram was released for Android phones, and downloaded more than a million times in less than a day.
In March 2012, The Wall Street Journal reported that Instagram was raising a new round of financing that would reward the company with $ 500 million, details confirmed the following month, when Instagram raised $ 50 million from venture capitalists by valuation of $ 500 million. In the same month, Facebook bought Instagram for $ 1 billion in cash and stock, with plans to keep the company managed independently. The UK Fair Trade Office approved the agreement on August 14, 2012, and on August 22, 2012, the US Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation, enabling an agreement to proceed. On September 6, 2012, an agreement between Instagram and Facebook was officially closed.
The deal, made shortly before Facebook's IPO plan, cost about a quarter of Facebook's cash, according to figures documented at the end of 2011. The deal for a characterized company has "a lot of buzz but no business model", and the price is contrasted with $ 35 million Yahoo! paid for Flickr in 2005. Mark Zuckerberg notes that Facebook is "committed to building and developing Instagram independently", in contrast to its past practice. According to Wired , the deal captures $ 400 million in Systrom based on its shareholding in business. The exact purchase price is $ 300 million in cash and 23 million shares.
In November 2012, Instagram launched a website profile, allowing anyone viewing a user's feed from their web browser. However, the website interface is limited in functionality, with notable omissions including lack of search boxes, news feeds, and the ability to upload photos. In February 2013, the website was updated to offer news feeds, and by June 2015, the website was redesigned to offer larger photos.
On October 22, 2013, during the Nokia World event held in Abu Dhabi, Systrom confirmed the official launch of Instagram app for Windows Phone, after pressure from Nokia and the public to develop applications for the platform. The app was released as a beta version on November 21, 2013, and did not have the ability to record and upload videos, though Instagram spokesman stated that "We are not finished yet, and our team will continue to develop Windows Phone apps to keep releasing features and bring Instagram as good as possible ". In April 2016 Instagram increased apps to Windows 10 Mobile, added support for live video and messaging, followed by subsequent updates in October 2016 that extended apps to Windows 10 personal computers and tablets.
The Android app has received two major exclusive updates. The first, introduced in March 2014, cuts the size of applications by half and adds significant improvements in performance and responsiveness on various Android devices. The Verge writes that the development team has tested apps on devices not sold in the United States, particularly low-end models such as Samsung Galaxy Y, in an effort to improve applications for a user base located outside US Engineering Manager Philip McAllister told
Since the launch of the application, it has been using Foursquare API technology to provide name tagging named. In March 2014, Instagram began testing technology transfer to use Facebook Places.
Announced in March 2016 and taking place in June, Instagram switched from the longest chronological news feed into a new algorithm-based feed. This change received "widespread condemnation" after the announcement on Instagram in March, but Instagram stated that the feature would help users find the missing posts, writing that "You may be surprised to learn that people are losing an average of 70% of their feed. Instagram has grown, it becomes more difficult to follow all the photos and videos that people are sharing.This means you often do not see the posts you like the most.In order to improve your experience, your bait will soon be instructed to show moments we believe will be very concerned. "
On May 11, 2016, Instagram changed its design, adding black-and-white themes for more abstract, "modern" and colorful apps and icons. Rumors about the first redesign began to circulate in April, when The Verge received a screenshot of the secret information, but at that time, an Instagram spokesman simply told the publication that "This is a design test only".
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Features and tools
Users can upload short photos and videos, follow other users' feeds, and geotag pictures with the name of the location. Users can set their accounts as "private", requiring them to approve each new follower's request. Users can link their Instagram account to other social networking sites, allowing them to share photos uploaded to those sites. In January 2011, Instagram introduced a hashtag to help users find photos and each other. Instagram encourages users to create both specific and relevant tags, instead of tagging common words like "photos", to make prominent photos and to attract like-minded Instagram users. In September 2011, this new version of the app includes new and live filters, instant gearshots, high-resolution photos, optional limits, one click rotation, and updated icons. In August 2015, Instagram began allowing users to upload full size photos and landscape videos and portraits to the service, which dropped previous requirements from a square frame. In August 2016, Instagram added a zoom feature that allows users to pinch-to-zoom screens to virtually enlarge photos and videos. In September 2016, Instagram removed Photo Maps, which previously allowed users to view their geotagged photo maps. An Instagram spokesman stated that "Photo Map is not widely used, so we decided to remove the feature and focus on other priorities". In December 2016, Instagram introduced a feature that allows users to save photos for later viewing. Booked posts are added to a private page in the app. This feature was updated in April 2017 to allow users to organize saved posts into different collections.
In February 2017, Instagram announced that users would be able to upload up to ten images or videos to a single post, with content appearing as swipable carousel. This feature initially limited the images to square format, but received an update in August to enable portrait and landscape photos instead. In May, Instagram updated its mobile website to allow users to upload photos, and added a "lightweight" version of the Browse tab. Then in May, Instagram added the "Archive" feature, letting users hide posts in personal storage areas, out of visibility for the public and other users. This step is considered a way to prevent users from deleting photos that do not collect the desired "likes" or are considered boring, but also as a way of limiting the "emerging behavior" of deleting photos, which deprive the service of the content. In August, Instagram announced that they would start to organize comments into threads, allowing users more easily to interact with replies. In April 2018, Instagram launched a portrait mode version called "focus mode", which gently obscures the photo or video background while keeping the subject focused when selected.
Explore
As of June 2012, Instagram introduces "Browse", an in-app tab featuring popular photos, photos taken at nearby locations, and searches. This tab was updated in June 2015 to show trending tags and places, curated content, and the ability to search for locations. In April 2016, Instagram added the "Video You Might Like" channel to the tab, followed by August's "Events" channel, featuring videos from concerts, sports games and other live events, followed by Instagram Stories in October.. The tab was later expanded in November 2016 after Instagram Live was launched to display an algorithmically curated page from the "Live" best Instagram Live video. In May 2017, Instagram once again updated the Browse tab to promote content Public stories from nearby places.
Photographic filters
Instagram offers a number of photography filters that users can apply to their images:
In February 2012, Instagram added a "Lux" filter, an effect that "illuminates shadows, darkens the highlight, and improves contrast".
In December 2014, Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden, and Perpetua are the five new filters to be added to the Instagram filter family.
Video
Originally a pure photo sharing service, Instagram included a 15-second video sharing in June 2013. This addition was seen by some in the technology media as a Facebook effort to compete with popular video sharing apps. In August 2015, Instagram added support for widescreen videos. In March 2016, Instagram increased the video limit of 15 seconds to 60 seconds. Multi-video posts were introduced in February 2017, allowing up to 10 minutes of video to be shared in a single post.
Instagram Direct
In December 2013, Instagram announced Instagram Direct, a feature that allows users to interact via private messages. Users who follow each other can send private messages with photos and videos, in contrast to general terms that previously existed. When a user receives a private message from someone they do not follow, the message is marked as pending and the user must accept to view it. Users can send photos to a maximum of 15 people. This feature received a major update in September 2015, adding editing of conversations and allowing users to share locations, hashtag pages, and profiles via private messages directly from news feeds. In addition, users can now reply to private messages with text, emoji or by clicking the heart icon. The camera inside Direct lets users take photos and send them to recipients without leaving a conversation. A new update in November 2016 lets users create their private messages "disappear" after being viewed by the recipient, with the sender receiving a notification if the recipient takes a screenshot. In April 2017, Instagram redesigned Direct to merge all private messages, whether permanent or short, into the same message thread. In May, Instagram makes it possible to post website links in messages, and also adds support for sending photos in their portrait or native landscape orientation without cutting.
Instagram Stories
In August 2016, Instagram launched Instagram Stories, a feature that allows users to take photos, add effects and layers, and add them to their Instagram story. Images uploaded to user stories expire after 24 hours. The media notes the similarity of this feature with Snapchat. In November, Instagram adds live video functionality to Instagram Stories, enabling users to broadcast live, with video disappearing as soon as it ends. In January 2017, Instagram launched a skippable ad, where a five-second photo and video ad appeared between different stories. In April 2017, Instagram Stories combines an augmented reality sticker, a "replica" of the Snapchat function. In May 2017, Instagram expanded features of the augmented reality sticker to support face filters, allowing users to add special visual features to their faces. Then in May, TechCrunch reports on testing the Locality Stories feature in Instagram Stories, where the content of a Public Story in a particular location is compiled and displayed on the business Instagram page, landmark or place. A few days later, Instagram announced "Story Search", where users can search for geographic locations or hashtags and the app displays relevant Stories public content that display search terms. In June 2017, Instagram revised its live video functionality to allow users to add their live broadcasts to their stories for availability within the next 24 hours, or to remove live events. In July, Instagram started allowing users to respond to Story content by sending photos and videos, complete with Instagram effects like filters, stickers, and tags. Stories are made available for viewing on the Instagram desktop and mobile websites at the end of August 2017.
In response to criticisms that copy the functionality of Snapchat, CEO Kevin Systrom says Recode that "Day One: Instagram is a combination of Hipstamatic, Twitter [and] some things from Facebook like the 'Like' button.You can trace each root features that anyone has in their app, somewhere in the history of technology ". Although Systrom recognizes criticism as "fair", Recode writes that "he likens the general features of two social applications' to the automotive industry: Some car companies can coexist, with enough difference between those they serve differently consumer audiences ". Systrom further states that "When we adopt [Stories], we decide that one of the really annoying things about formatting is that it keeps on going and you can not stop to see something, you can not back down." We do all that, we implemented it. "He also told the publication that Snapchat" does not have a filter, initially.. They adopted filters because Instagram has filters and many others are trying to adopt filters as well. "
Monetization
After the appointment of Emily White to the position of Director of Business Operations in April 2013, he stated in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in September 2013 that the company should be ready to start selling ads in September 2014 as a way to generate business from a popular entity that has not yet generated profits for its parent company. White left Instagram, in December 2013, to join Snapchat. In August 2014, James Quarles was hired as Global Head of Business and Brand Development Instagram, a new position in the company that focused on ad supervision and sales efforts while developing a new "monetization product", according to a spokeswoman.
In October 2013, Instagram initiated a monetization attempt, announcing that, "over the next few months," video and image ads will begin appearing among user photos in news feeds for users in the United States. An example of an ad from Instagram, which displays the text "Sponsored" at the top right of the image, was first released, with a limited number of brands allowed to advertise in the early stages. Official image ads begin appearing on feeds from November 1, 2013, followed by video ads on October 30, 2014. In June 2014, Instagram announces the upcoming ad launch in the UK, Canada and Australia, which is planned for "later this year". Same sample ads from Instagram launch in the US are shown to users in the UK in September 2014, with ads rolling out "over the coming weeks".
In March 2015 it was announced that it would allow advertisers to purchase "carousel ads," a way for brands to upload up to five images that users can swipe with the option at the end for additional content or visits to brand websites. After a strong performance of the ad format, Instagram opened a self-service feature for the brand to buy a carousel ad in October next, and in March 2016, it began allowing videos in carousel advertisements.
In May 2016, Instagram announced the launch of new tools for business accounts, including new business profiles, insight analysis, and the ability to convert postings into live ads from the Instagram app itself. However, in order to qualify for the tool, a business must have a Facebook Page, with Quarles stating: "In doing so, it gives us payment credentials, as well as if they want to prepopulate some information like their street address, phone number, and website". The Instagram Insights panel, which allows businesses to view their top posts, reach, impressions and engagement around users' posts and demographics, was first launched to the United States, Australia and New Zealand, with the rest of the world "by the end of the year."
In February 2016, Instagram announced that it had 200,000 advertisers on the platform. It's increased to 500,000 active advertisers in September 2016, and one million in March 2017.
Stand-alone app
Instagram has developed and released three stand-alone applications with special functionality. In July 2014, it released Bolt , a messaging app where users clicked on a friend's profile photo to send a picture quickly, with content disappearing after viewing. This was followed by the release of Hyperlapse in August, an exclusive iOS app that uses "intelligent algorithm processing" to create fast tracking and video time-lapse footage. Hyperlapse was launched on Android and Windows in May 2015. In October 2015, it released Boomerang , a video app that combines photos into short videos, one second played back and forth in a loop.
Third party services
Instagram popularity has led to various third party services using its function and adopting it into a format that is not officially supported. Examples include services to get an overview of user statistics, print photos on social events, convert large numbers of photos into thumbnails for physical books or large posters, and special apps to view Instagram on a Mac personal computer.
Characteristics and user behavior
Users
Following its release in October, Instagram had one million registered users in December 2010. In June 2011, it announced that they had 5 million users, which increased to 10 million in September. This growth continues to reach 30 million users in April 2012, 80 million in July 2012, 100 million in February 2013, 130 million in June 2013, 150 million in September 2013, 300 million in December 2014, 400 million in September 2015, 500 million in June 2016, 600 million in December 2016, 700 million in April 2017, and 800 million in September 2017.
In October 2016, Instagram Stories reached 100 million active users, two months after launch. This increased to 150 million in January 2017, 200 million in April, surpassing the growth of Snapchat users, and 250 million active users in June 2017.
As of April 2017, Instagram Direct has 375 million monthly users.
In June 2011, Instagram sent 100 million photos uploaded to the service. It grew to 150 million by August 2011, and by June 2013, there were over 16 billion photos in the service. As of October 2015, there are over 40 billion photos.
On August 9, 2012, British musician Ellie Goulding released a new music video for her song "Anything Could Happen." The video contains only Instagram photos sent by fans who use various filters to represent the words or lyrics of the song, and over 1,200 different photos have been submitted.
Instagram is listed among the Time ' s "50 Best Android Applications for 2013" list.
Instagram has 20 million users in Iran.
Demographics
Instagram users are shared equally with 50% of iPhone owners and 50% of Android owners. While Instagram has a neutral gender bias format, 68% of Instagram users are female, while 32% are male. Instagram geographic use proved to be beneficial for urban areas because 17% of US adults living in urban areas use Instagram while only 11% of adults in suburban and rural areas do so. Although Instagram may appear to be one of the most used sites for photo sharing, only 7% of daily photo uploads, among the top four photo sharing platforms, are from Instagram. Instagram has proven to attract young people with 90% of 150 million users under the age of 35. From June 2012 to June 2013, Instagram is about double the number of their users. Regarding earnings, 15% of internet users in the US earned less than $ 30,000 per year using Instagram, while 14% of them earned $ 30,000 to $ 50,000, and 12% of users earned more than $ 50,000 per year doing it. In relation to demographic education, respondents with some college education proved to be the most active in Instagram with 23%. Following behind, college graduates consist of 18% and users with a high school diploma or less than 15%. Among these Instagram users, 24% said they used the app several times a day.
User engagement
Ongoing research continues to explore how media content on the platform affects user engagement. Previous research has found that media that show people's faces receive more 'likes' and comments and use filters that increase warmth, exposure, and contrast also increase engagement. Users are more likely to engage with images that depict fewer individuals than groups and are also more likely to engage with content that has not been dotted, as they see this content is less original and reliable compared to user-generated content.
Trends
Users on Instagram have created "trends" through hashtags, which are special keywords combined with hash symbols that allow them to share content with other Instagram users. Trends that are considered to be the most popular on the platform often highlight certain days of the week to post material. Examples of popular trends include #SelfieSunday, where users post photos of their faces on Sundays; #MotivationMonday, where users post motivational photos on Mondays; #TransformationTuesday, where users post photos highlighting the differences from the past to the present; #WomanCrushWednesday, where users post photos of women who have a romantic or good-looking interest, and their ManCrushMonday # male-centered partners; and #ThrowbackThursday, where users post photos from their past, highlighting specific moments.
In December 2017, The Verge reported that Instagram will let users hit "Follow" on hashtags, thereby looking at the relevant highlights of the topics in their feeds.
Criticism
Content owners
On December 17, 2012, Instagram announces a change to the Terms of Service policy, by adding the following sentence:
There is no option for users to opt-out of the changed Terms of Service without deleting their account before the new policy comes into force on January 16, 2013. This step gets harsh criticism from users, prompting Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom to write a blog post one day later, announcing that they will "remove" the language in violation of the policy. Quoting a misinterpretation of his intention to "communicate that we want to experiment with innovative advertising that feels right on Instagram", Systrom also states that it is "our fault that this language is confusing" and that "it is not our intention to sell your photos". Furthermore, he writes that they will work on "language updated in terms to ensure this is clear".
The policy changes and their refusal led to competing photo services using the opportunity to "try to pull users away" by advertising privacy-friendly services, and some services experienced a major increase in the momentum and growth of users after the news. On December 20th, Instagram announced that the advertising section of the policy will be returned to its original October 2010 version. The Verge wrote about the policy as well, however, noting that the original policy gave the company the right to "place such ads and promotions on the Instagram Service or about, about, or in conjunction with your Content", which means that "Instagram always has the right to use your photos in ads, almost anything we want, we could have had the exact same freakout last week, or a year ago, or the day Instagram was launched."
Policy updates also introduce an arbitration clause, which remains even after the language relating to advertising and user content has been modified.
Drugs
Instagram has been the subject of criticism because users are publishing drug images they sell on the platform. In 2013, the BBC found that users, mostly in the United States, posted pictures of drugs they sold, attached specific hashtags, and then completed transactions via instant messaging applications like WhatsApp. The related Hashtag has been blocked as part of the company's response and the spokespersons involved with the BBC explained:
Instagram has a clear set of rules about what is allowed and is not allowed on the site. We encourage people who find illegal or inappropriate content to report it to us using our existing reporting tools beside each photo, video, or comment so we can take action. People can not buy stuff on Instagram, we're just a place where people share photos and videos.
However, a new drug trafficking incident has occurred after the 2013 disclosure, with Facebook, Instagram parent company, asking users who found the content to report material, at which time the "special team" reviewed the information.
Allegations of censorship
In October 2013, Instagram deleted the account of Canadian photographer Petra Collins after she posted a photo of herself in which a very small pubic hair area was visible above the bottom of the bikini. Collins claims that the account deletion is unfounded because it does not violate the terms and conditions of Instagram. Audra Schroeder from The Daily Dot further writes that "Terms of use of state state users Instagram can not post" pornographic or sexual photos, "but who actually decides it? You can indeed find more suggestions sexual photographs on the site rather than Collins', where the women show the "feminine" side the world is "accustomed to" seeing and receiving. "Nick Drewe of The Daily Beast wrote a report the same month focusing on hashtags unavailable to users, including #sex, #bubblebutt, and #ballsack, while allowing #faketits, #gunsforsale and # sexytimes, to call "unreasonable and inconsistent" differences.
A similar incident occurred in January 2015, when Instagram removed the Australian agency agency, Sticks and Stones Agency due to a photo including pubic hair coming out of a bikini, and March 2015, when a photo of Rupi Kaur's poet and poet about menstrual blood on clothing was removed, rally on his Facebook and Tumblr accounts with the text "We will not be censored", earned over 11,000 shares.
The incident has caused the #FreetheNipple campaign, which aims to challenge the Instagram removal from photos featuring female nipples. Although Instagram has not made many comments in the campaign, the October 2015 explanation of CEO Kevin Systrom highlights Apple's content guidelines for apps published through the App Store, including Instagram, where apps should set age-appropriate ratings for users, with apps currently rating being 12 year. However, this statement is also questionable because other applications with more explicit content are allowed in stores, the lack of consequences for men exposing their bodies in Instagram, and for inconsistent treatment of what constitutes inappropriate exposure of a woman's body.
Hidden pornography
In March 2016, Daily Star reported that a blogger had found "a million" explicit pornography films on Instagram. Users who uploaded the content, violating the Instagram community guidelines, avoided detection using Arabic tags. A company spokesman told The Sun that "We have no tolerance for pornographic content We are investing in extensive controls, easy reporting and the best available technology to quickly mark and remove content and accounts that violate. "
Time line algorithm
In April 2016, Instagram began launching changes to the sequence of photos seen in the user's timeline, shifting from a strictly chronological order to that determined by an algorithm. Instagram says that algorithms are designed to allow users to see more photos by their preferred users, but there is significant negative feedback, with many users asking their followers to enable posting notifications to ensure they see updates. The company wrote tweets to users who were disappointed by the prospect of change, but did not back down, or provide a way to change it again.
Negative comments
In response to rude and negative comments on user photos, Instagram has sought to give users more control over the posts and comments fields that accompany them. In July 2016, it was announced that users would be able to disable comments for their posts, as well as control the language used in the comments by including words they deem offensive, which would prohibit applicable comments to appear. After the July 2016 announcement, the ability to ban certain words began rolling in early August to celebrities, followed by regular users in September. In December, the company began launching the ability for users to turn off comments and, for personal accounts, remove followers.
In September 2017, the company announced that public users will be able to limit who can comment on their content, just like followers or people they follow. At the same time, it updates its automatic comment filters to support additional languages.
In June 2017, Instagram announced that it has introduced a new comment moderation system, which will automatically try to filter offensive, harassing and "spam" comments by default. The system was built using an in-depth learning algorithm developed on Facebook known as DeepText (first implemented on social networks to detect spam comments), using natural language processing techniques, and can also filter based on user-defined keywords.
Mental health
In May 2017, a survey conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health of the United Kingdom, featuring 1,479 people aged 14-24, asked them to assess social media platforms depending on anxiety, depression, loneliness, oppression and body image, concluding that Instagram is "worst for young mental health". In response, Instagram stated that "Keeping Instagram a safe and supportive place for young people is a top priority".
In 2017, researchers from Harvard University and the University of Vermont demonstrated machine learning tools that outperformed the diagnostic success rate of general practitioners for depression. This tool uses color analysis, component metadata, and face detection of a user's feed.
"Shadowban"
In mid-2017, reports emerged that Instagram had begun efforts to reduce the reputation of accounts using many irrelevant hashtags to increase their respective reach on social networks and users who paid money to the service to receive high number of post engagements. Known as "shadowbanning", attempt to hide the applicable account from appearing in search results and in the Explore apps section. In a now-deleted Facebook post Instagram writes that "When developing content, we recommend focusing on your business goals or goals rather than hashtags".
Ad algorithm with the threat of rape
In 2016, Olivia Solon, a reporter for The Guardian, posted a screenshot to her Instagram profile from an email she received containing the threat of rape and murder against her. Post photos have received three countless likes and comments, and in September 2017, the company's algorithm changed the photo into an advertisement seen by Solon's brother. An Instagram spokesman apologized and told The Guardian that "We are sorry that this happened - it is not the experience that we want someone to do." This notification post appears as part of an effort to encourage involvement in Instagram, generally accepted by a fraction of one's Facebook friends ". As noted by the technology media, the incident occurred at the same time that Facebook's parent company was under scrutiny because its algorithm and advertising campaign were used for offensive and negative purposes.
August 2017 hack
In August 2017, reports surfaced that bugs in the Instagram developer tool had enabled "one or more individuals" to gain access to contact information, specifically email addresses and phone numbers, from several high profile verified accounts, including the most followed users, Selena Gomez. The company said in a statement that it had "quickly fix bugs" and run an investigation. However, the following month, more details appear, with a group of hackers selling online contact information, with the number of affected accounts in "millions" than previously assumed limits on verified accounts. Hours after hacking, searchable databases are posted online, charging $ 10 per search. The Daily Beast is given a sample of the affected account, and can confirm that, while many email addresses can be found with Google search in public sources, some do not return relevant Google search results. and thus derived from personal sources. The Verge wrote that cybersecurity firm RepKnight has found contact information for several actors, musicians and athletes, and singer Selena Gomez's account is used by hackers to post nude photos of Justin Bieber's lover. The Company acknowledged that "we were unable to determine which particular account might be affected", but believed that "it was a low percentage of Instagram accounts", even though TechCrunch stated in its report that six million accounts were affected by hacking, and that "Instagram service is more than 700 million accounts, six million is not a small number".
Awards
Instagram is the runner-up for "Best Mobile Applications" in Crickies 2010 TechCrunch in January 2011. In May 2011, Fast Company was listed as CEO of Kevin Systrom at number 66 in " 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2011 ". As of June 2011, Inc. includes the Systrom and Krieger co-founders in their "30 Under 30" 2011 list.
Instagram won the "Best Locally Made App" at the SF Weekly Web Awards in September 2011. 7x7Magazine ' September 2011 featuring Systrom and Krieger on the cover of "The Hot 20 2011" issue. In December 2011, Apple Inc. named Instagram as "App of the Year" for 2011. In 2015, Instagram was named No. 1. 1 by Mashable on the list of "100 best iPhone applications of all time," and noted Instagram as "one of the most influential social networks in the world."
In popular culture
- Instagram model: a term for the model that gained their success as a result of the large number of followers they have on Instagram.
- Instagram Pier: a cargo work area in Hong Kong that gets its nickname because of its popularity in Instagram.
See also
- Hyperlapse
- Dronestagram
- GifBoom
- Pheed
- Pixnet
- Social media timeline
References
External links
- Official website
- The company's corporate headquarters page on the official Facebook website
- "# Nofilter" podcast with Instagram founders (May 30, 2013)
- How I Build this podcast - Instagram: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
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