Ads on Instagram

To think we have all escaped to one of the only social media tools without advertisements, well unfortunately this is wrong. Ever since Instagram has been bought out and brought into Facebook it's no wonder everyone has been anticipating when ads are going to be included in instagram's photo stream.

Within the next few months Intsagram has let out we will begin to see advertisements from a "limited number of advertising firms" on odd occasions. Personally, I am not impressed. As a daily user of instagram a would prefer not have to sift through a group of advertisements just to look at some of my friends photos. They claim the videos and photos will be high quality and interesting. If I really wanted something that interesting to look at I would go find it myself. Now an app that I do enjoy to use as a platform to connect with friends through photos may not be as enjoyable anymore. Although I do understand why they have chosen to do this I am not happy. Being a user of Facebook and twitter already those two sites alone have enough advertisements that already get in the way of me connecting with friends, family and other aspects of my life.So in reality is this bold move going to increase revenue or send instagram to the dumps? I guess in the next few months only time will tell.

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Privacy isn't so private anymore

Exactly as the title of this post says, is privacy on social media all that private anymore? Facebook has recently announced that they have taken away the option of not making your account visible in that search bar. Anybody that searches you on Facebook will be able to find you whether you like it or not. With that option gone facebook encourages users to fix their privacy settings on their photos, posts etc.

There are alot of people that had previously used that option, and now with it gone how will they be able to hide? With the previous option enabled it is obvious that this option was chosen by the user for a reason. With privacy getting less and less private users will most likely be less inclined to continue using their facebook account and even suggest it to friends. Curious to learn more? Click Here.

It states in this video that people who choose to use social media have chosen to be social and should not have the option to hide. Though this feature was still used Facebook took it away anyways. Should the users that still had this option enabled have a choice or getting rid of it or not? I'm sure this topic will be all the rage the next few weeks so stay tuned.