What is Instagram and why use it..???

What Is Instagram 

Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short videos through the mobile app.Each post by the user appears on their followers' Instagram feed and when tagged using a hashtag or geotag, they can also be viewed by the public. Users also have the option to make their profile private so that only their followers can see their posts.
Like other social networking platforms, Instagram users can like, comment and bookmark others' posts, as well as send private messages to their friends through the Instagram Direct feature.

The photo-sharing app provides an opportunity for companies to start a free business account to promote their brands and products.

Editing And Features Tools

Instagram offers a wide range of digital filters that can be applied to users' photos, including a vintage or faded look. Other editing features include Lux, an effect that lightens shadows, exposes highlights and increases contrast, and photo-tuning tools allow users to improve brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, composition, straightness, and color. Allows to adjust. A manual tilt shift and vignette effect can also be added to photos.

Instagram introduced a Stories feature in 2016, which allows users to share moments of their day that disappear after 24 hours. Instagram Stories includes the ability to include augmented reality-based face filters and stickers, and to add geotags directly to text, images, emojis, links, and photos or videos. In April 2017, Instagram Stories recorded 200 million active users, surpassing Snapchat's active users, its biggest rival.

How to use Instagram

The Instagram app is available to download on Android devices via the App Store and Google Play on Apple's iPhone, iPad, and other iOS devices. Once installed, users will be prompted to sign up for free and will be given the option to input on their email address, which is to create a username and password or log in to use their Facebook account Forces it. New users can follow people by watching the app on Instagram through their Facebook friends and people in their contact list.

From the Home tab, the first screen that appears when the app is opened, Instagram users can view photos from the accounts they follow in the same format as Facebook's Newsfeed. Instagram stories - posted by users you're following - are displayed at the top of the home feed in the form of circular profile photos. Users can use Instagram Direct at the top right corner of their home feed.

The Explore tab of the Instagram app allows members to search for user accounts by searching for hashtags or geotags to follow or search for user photos. The Explore tab presents curated content and recommendations based on user activity and the accounts they follow, as well as ongoing hashtags and popular posts.
The Profile tab presents all the user's photos and video posts in one place and a brief bio. To post a photo or video, click on the Camera tab, which will give the option to take a photo or video from within the app or choose a photo or video from the device's library.