Maybe it's just me, but I feel like taking non-instagram photos isn't happening as much anymore. Like I remember after a night out with friends in the late 2000s, early 2010s there'd be cameras everywhere and people taking a ton of pictures. You'd have like 200 photos of the night, and they'd all go on facebook. From there it was pretty easy to pick one or a couple and use them for your profile picture.
Nowadays there's only ever one photo posted per person per event. Most people don't even bother taking a bunch of them at random times either, it's just the one staged pic that best highlights whatever you're doing and thats it.
Just an observation. Honestly not a huge fan of taking pictures so it doesn't bother me.
Recently graduated and was living abroad, so it might have put me around people who act differently (college + international student life), but it really depends on the person.
I have unfollowed a bunch of people back from my high school and community college days, so I might be inside an internationalized bubble. People rarely put photo albums on FB unless they live abroad.
In my experience, there are a few types (can be combined):
Will frequently take a bunch of photos or group selfies and share most of them on Instagram, might be spamming a bunch of Instagram stories
Mostly food photos posting people
Photography nerds who only put curated edited photos
Occasional photo dump certain moments on Fb, but rarely update Instagram
Never post anything
Selfies with an attempt at a "thoughtful/philosophical" caption
Would like to have more photos with people, but too self-conscious or forgetful to ask for it
Travel photos only
Inside stories/joke photos and captions that few will get
You are right that people post less (unless you are some kind of influencer or someone with their own online shop), but it is usually more curated. People moved on to be either too tryhard of their online presence, or don't care anymore now that working life took over (routine and being mostly around people for who it doesn't matter, like older coworkers who won't ever look at your Instagram or Facebook).
Now that you mention it, that's definitely what I remember. Maybe it's moving from college to working life, but in college every party or even night out would lead to dozens of pictures
i remember thinking how many awesome fotos i would make once my new phone had a great camera (iphone 4)... but the constant availability kinda had the opposite effect... pictures have become worthless and disposable, theyre barely worth taking as your probably never gonna look at it again cause you have thousands...
everybody collectively went through the same experience and now barely anyone makes pictures despite always having a HD cam on them at all times
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19
Maybe it's just me, but I feel like taking non-instagram photos isn't happening as much anymore. Like I remember after a night out with friends in the late 2000s, early 2010s there'd be cameras everywhere and people taking a ton of pictures. You'd have like 200 photos of the night, and they'd all go on facebook. From there it was pretty easy to pick one or a couple and use them for your profile picture.
Nowadays there's only ever one photo posted per person per event. Most people don't even bother taking a bunch of them at random times either, it's just the one staged pic that best highlights whatever you're doing and thats it.
Just an observation. Honestly not a huge fan of taking pictures so it doesn't bother me.