But is the world ready?
“To be clear, we still dont see Hipstamatic as a true alternative to Instagram.
At the same time, it doesnt have to.
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It has been a commerce, business-networking, lifestyle-faking, direct-messaging platformfor ages now.
It has morphed into something utterly essential but that nobody seems to actually like.
If you want to share a cool photo with friends, you do it via WhatsApp, not Instagram.
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And equally, nobody’s going to get Kardashian-level follower numbers and turn into a shill, aka influencer.
If people are sick of that grind, they now have a place to go.
“The TikTok-ification of Instagram has gone way too far.
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Membership, it says, can remove those digits.
But Hipstamatic’s biggest rival might not be Instagram or even afediverse photo-sharing service like Pixelfed.
That’s the private social space where we only share with people we know.
