Instagram

Instagram

1. Instagram is an application and social network of American origin, owned by Meta. It was launched in 2010 by North American Kevin Systrom and Brazilian Mike Krieger, both software engineers. The creators of Instagram began to develop an application idea that meets the stated requirements: taking instant photographs and sharing them online within a community interested in the subject. On the same day of launch, the app became the most downloaded app on the Apple Store, and by December of the same year, it had 1 million users. In 2011, the company, which had only 6 employees, already had 10 million users on the network. In 2012, after the long-awaited launch of the application in the Android version, Instagram was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion. Currently, the social network has more than 500 million users around the world.

2. SHORT VIDEOS: In June 2013, Instagram added the possibility of publishing not only photos, but also files in short video format of 3 seconds or 60 minutes.

3. STORIES: Instagram Stories allows you to share images and videos in real time that disappear after 24 hours, and the inclusion of emojis, drawings, handwritten texts, user mentions and your Boomerang option. Also, the privacy of the stories can be determined so that only certain users have access, or so that any user on the network can see your posts.

4. IMAGES: Over time, new image editing options have been implemented on Instagram. Allowing the account owner to apply filters to photos, adjust their size, crop or straighten them, and insert lighting, contrast, and color effects. In addition, these can be commented on by other users and they in turn like them.

5. MESSAGES: Direct messages function as a kind of chat, connecting users who know each other, and also, if authorized by the recipient of the message, users who do not follow each other, through individual or group conversations. In addition to this exchange of messages, it is possible to send photos from your own device, or from within Instagram.

6. RESTRICTIONS: 1. Hashtags and content related to violence, adults, intellectual property, security, harassment, abuse are prohibited. 2. You can't use music without copyright. 3. You cannot upload videos with rights such as advertisements or videos from other brands or people. 4. Purchasing accounts is prohibited. 5. Buying followers is prohibited.

7. MUSIC: This is an option in which you can search for a song and choose a specific fragment to play in a story automatically for a maximum of fifteen seconds.

8. MY PROFILE: This may include a username, a biography, a profile photo, a section to post photos and videos, a featured stories section, and a section to view photos in which the user was mentioned by others.