As an amateur photographer I used instagram to share my photos and connect with other photographers trough hashtags it was an effective way to share my work with others, noticed that hashtags are not working anymore, I used to use different hashtags to get likes or views and get in touch with other photographers and also people that are not into photography but like and share my stuff, can’t see the purpose of instagram if I can’t do this anymore is seems that Meta is slowly killing instagram, is there any place to share photos and and build a network of people who appreciate photography besides instagram?
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The reports of Instagram’s death are greatly exaggerated.
(Also hashtags are working as normal for me)
Instagram isn’t dying, it’s just not as hyped as it used to be.
It’s not so much the hashtags themselves, but with the removal of “Recent posts” in favor of “Recent top posts”, they might as well be dead.
OP, I’ve gone back to Flickr. I’m not generating enough leads from there to justify Pro yet, but we’ll see.
This is asked weekly. Scroll down the sub a bit or just search for ‘Instagram’ in the search bar.
I started adding YouTube and moved to posting images to the blog on my website and directing people there instead of direct sharing to socials. Short term growth in terms of “followers” will naturally be affected but it does insure me a bit from the death of a platform
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Maybe it’s the stuff you’re posting. Is it your best work? Is it only your photography or are you slipping in some vacation pics or unrelated content? I recently watched a Scott Kelby session on this very thing. People that follow you for photography content will be turned off by off-topic posts and will likely unfollow you. Have a look back at your posts and see if you can find off-topic posts and then remove them. Then do some research on the very best hashtags to use.
Vero is cool. Has a very diverse range of styles, not just the usual cinematic bollocks. Judging from my interactions the demographic skews older and are people that are passionate hobbyists rather than trying to exploit an algorithm etc. probably because Vero doesn’t have an algorithm. Just a chronological feed and hashtags.
Flickr, even now.
I mean, you’re asking on Lemmy, so the most natural response is Pixelfed.
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There are a ton of photography subreddits on Reddit I‘ve heard.
DA has become nothing but an AI and furry shithole.
You can print all your images out and let them go from a high window on a windy day. It’s just as, if not more effective than throwing your images into the digital noise of any social media.
(Please use eco friendly paper.)
Vero
I wouldn’t use Instagram for reach, just my opinion.
It’s nice to use it as a gallery, but in my experience people connect to me when I’m taking pictures, and then follow me to stay connected, not the other way around
Check out Pixelfed! It’s very similar to instagram as far as the UI goes, but very differently structured on the backend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed