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  • Student golf players tee off with a popular Instagram account

    Student golf players tee off with a popular Instagram account

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    Ellie Hardman

    Aspiring mini golfers and retirement home residents alike can find their community in No Gimmies Golf, the on-the-rise Instagram account run by Newbury Park seniors Myles Young and Brody Wright. The social media stars often also bring in guests, such as fellow senior Parker Michaud. “We enjoy playing golf and we want to share…

  • Redefining the line between social media apps

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    Gianna Longo

    Instagram recently introduced a Story feature over this past summer. However, the addition has sparked some controversy because of the function’s close similarity to Snapchat’s pre established Story feature. Snapchat’s use of the Story feature, though, is unwarranted and has only left consumers confused and enraged. According to Instagram’s blog on Tumblr, Instagram Stories…

  • Revealing the Truth Behind Private Accounts

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    Kate Foultz

    #ThrowbackThursday to the allusive days where the point of social media accounts was to share your videos, pictures and comments with everyone. Today, a new fad is currently sweeping Instagram lovers by storm: finstas, aka “fake Instas”. Finstas are private accounts where the owner tends to only allow 30 to 100 of their closests…

  • Finstagram

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    Kellie Levine

    Finsta (n) – a private Instagram account made under a variation of one’s name that promotes anonymity, shared only with trusted friends synonyms: fake Instagram, private, P.I. If you are one of the 300 million Instagram users, chances are you have been followed by, or asked to follow, someone’s private account. For people who…