In October 2010, a new application focused on mobile photography was launched, it was Instagram and was developed by two boys who surely did not know the great success it would have and also the criticisms it would generate ten years later. But, have you ever wondered what was the first photo that was published on Instagram.
The first Instagram photo
Instagram is one of the most important social networks of today. No one disputes that, but it is true that the opinion about whether it is really beneficial or not will always be there. For some it is a real horror of place, for that false idea that some usually convey that everything is great and wonderful.
Of course, beyond users who do not agree with how the rest is shown, the truth is that for brands it is now one of the preferred places for advertising investments. Audiences have grown and the impact is greater. Therefore, after ten years since its launch, it is understood that Facebook bet on it and pay 1,000 million dollars .
Although there is a second version, taken from a Snapchat dossier, which tells that Mark Zuckerberg’s company bought it for fear of Twitter. Yes, Facebook was much bigger at the time, but they feared that if Jack’s company took over it, they would get over it. Because at that time Facebook offered a very poor photographic experience and had too heavy and slow applications that didn’t help either. So they didn’t think about it, they doubled the offer and stayed Instagram.
However, beyond all that dance of stratospheric figures, that its creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have left their functions at the helm of the product and delegated on Facebook, etc., the story that interests and still not everyone knows is that of the first Instagram photo .
The first photo uploaded to Instagram was, how could it be otherwise, Kevin Systrom, one of its creators. But it is not what many really believe is the first and that you can see above. This photo with the test text and in which a dog appears next to a person’s foot was published on July 16, 2010 , a few months before its official release, but there were two previous images.
When you go to Kevin’s profile and navigate to the beginning of his feed you can see how there are two photographs published hours before that of the dog. In one you see a plate of food and the other, which we could consider as the first really published on the network is a screen with different light icons.
The other is a photo of a plate of food that together with that of the dog did seem to indicate what the platform would become for many years: a repository of images with what people eat and their pets. Why come, if you use Instagram, check your feed and count how many photos you see any of these elements.
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