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Instagram’s Latest Platform Tweak is a Big Deal

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Curated: 30/11/2015 from medium.com/thoughts-on-media/instagram-s-latest-tiny-platform-tweak-is-a-big-deal-813c9b86f1a3#.hxx5mz4tn
Instagram’s Latest Platform Tweak is a Big Deal

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While the platform has long been a bastion of visual storytelling, it has also been historically lax with its limitations on gratuitous writing and hashtagging. That all changed today... An epidemic of hashtag fatigue is coming... The first step was de-prioritizing the hashtag in discovery feeds. The next step is burying it in yours... To ensure creators stay focused on the visual, the platform needed to de-prioritize the textual...That isn’t to say you should stop using Instagram as a platform for writing — I believe it’s still the best place on the web to tell a short story. We just need to be telling them the right way... A great visual will get your audience’s attention. Great writing will keep it. Just, you know, keep it concise. - Instagram’s Latest Platform Tweak is a Big Deal — Thoughts on Media — Medium

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