Why Instagram Captions Are the New Blogging

People are increasingly turning toward Instagram not just as a place to post filtered photos, but to spill their lives and thoughts into the captions as well... if you’re already posting pretentious, evocative images, you’re more likely to be in an artsy-musings state of mind... Facebook, at 1.5 billion users, has felt cacophonous and impersonal for a while... Posting on Facebook can be an almost political act. On Instagram I have a little more freedom to just be me... Instagram caption-blogging tends toward the trials and mundanities of everyday life... designed for lifestyle content ... still feels “private,” even when it’s not: It’s rare to encounter strangers or trolls; old classmates and distant relatives are unlikely to follow you ... You don’t read it for debate or argument, but to know what your friends are doing and feeling. Most Instagram blogging requires a certain amount of innate sympathy to find compelling. - Why Instagram Captions Are the New Blogging -- Following: How We Live Online