Photo courtesy of @kewiki
Fine, I’ll admit it. I got spooked with the announcement of Facebook buying Instagram this week. Everyone complains about Facebook so yeah, spooked. But on the other side of that, if I developed and ran a very popular app that could sell for $1 billion? Plain and simple. You’d be crazy not to do it.
So I did some flirting. I checked out PicYou, Eye’em and Streamzoo. I didn’t join any of those for various reasons. The reviews in the app store are very helpful and they either had too many things I didn’t like or didn’t have enough.
I did join Tadaa. It was all sparkly and new at first! And I’ll even admit, I couldn’t close that app to go check Instagram for a good few hours. I was distracted by the fun little bunny that comes out of the hat when you pull down to refresh! Like his cute furry ears are excited you’re there, “Tadaa!” And he taps his fluffy paws on the hat rim in excitement.
The editing capabilities are pretty impressive. You can actually post any size picture you want, or crop to any size. It has your normal adjustments for brightness, contrast and saturation. Plus, adjustable clarity, tilt-shift, vignette, frames and several nice filters to choose from. And it’s pretty cool that you can zoom in on any photo there.
(Before I go on, I should state that this blog is purely my opinion. And for some entertainment, because I can only be serious for so long, even if I’m the only person I make giggle.)
Like I said, I enjoyed playing with it for a few hours. But that’s when the real magic of the app happened…
That cute furry bunny now had a menacing glare, impatiently tapping those killer paws on that stupid hat, “Tadaa! I would like to refresh for you but you won’t see your notifications for 2 hours! Mwahaha!”
Tap, tap, tap go the paws. “Tadaa! You can keep trying to follow people back but I won’t let you! Mwahaha!”
Tap, tap, tappity tap tap. “Tadaa! I went ahead and deleted that first picture you posted this morning, it sucked! Mwahaha!”
Well, you get the picture. That bunny’s not as friendly as he first seems, folks.
So I don’t think I’ll be doing any more app flirting. Changes may come and they may not. It can be scary. I know things have changed a lot since I first joined Instagram in late 2010 and nothing has been bad enough to separate us yet.
I gave my heart to Instagram 16 months ago. And I’m happily at home.
Holly (@musiccityace)
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Nice! I’ve checked out a few other social pic-sharing apps and, after weighing pros and cons, decided that instagram is just fine for me. I actually was looking at Tadaa this morning, trying to figure out if I wanted to get involved in another social app. The magical features and glowing toolbars (everything is very very sparkly) are enticing, but I’m gonna stick with IG for now. Simple pleasures 🙂
-tallsocks
My sentiments exactly, so far…
This was awesome! I tried tadaa and picYou, an at first I really liked what you could to with tadaa, but eventually I kinda got tired with it I guess! Anyways, I agree completely that until Facebook makes some awful change, if that’ll ever happen, IG is my home!
-@gusbaganz
Being the Android user that just got access to Instagram, I have no depth to say if its worth leaving or staying with Instagram. Streamzoo, Lightbox and EyeEm have been the spots that kept me busy until Instagram doors were opened. All three have their pros and cons with Streamzoo being the closest in features and community to Instagram (iPhone|Android|Web, filters, borders, adjustments, tilt-shift, social sharing, shout out photos, separation of Title/Description, tags/streams etc.).
For now, I will still dive into Instagram but also keep my flow on the other sites. The craziest thing is each site may lack in some functionality based on how I want to share a photo. They all seem to have Facebook sharing down tight 😉
Is there any Like button in here? 🙂
Ditto to that, Sister!
I always get distracted by rabbits. Or squirrels. 🙂
I tried all the rest too. But… Nothing is like IG. It’s home. It was the first in my case and I can’t bring myself to move on.
It’s simple, it works, and I like it. So I’m keeping it!
@ash.