The social appeal of Instagram photos

Instagram is a popular photo manipulation and editing application that is embedded or integrated into many of the popular social media platforms on the internet. The service allows users to choose photos taken from digital cameras or mobile phones then apply filters that put dramatic effects on the photos. The photos can then be shared to different social networking sites conveniently and easily. Instagram is considered a social media application although, strictly speaking, it is limited to image editing, photo storage, and image sharing. What gives it a social appeal is its capability to generate likes on posted photos. Users can put their likes on photos to signify appreciation. Based on such feature, it is apparent that Instagram can also serve as an effective marketing platform.

In fact, there are already internet services that offer Instagram followers to businesses and startups. There are also websites that provide customers tips on how to buy Instagram followers. Buying Instagram followers are purported to be able to increase the popularity of posted images. The followers that images attract ultimately trickle down to the website that these images promote. If, for instance, the images pertain to a specific product or service, the likes generated ultimately leads to more curiosity about that specific product or service. This is based on the inherent quality of human beings to be enticed by things that attract a crowd. People normally become more curious of products that are talked about, regardless of whether or not there is basis for the rumor, or whether the rumor is true in the first place.