Policies

Instagram and the Importance of Communication

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“Everybody look what’s going down
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
–Buffalo Springfield, ‘For What It’s Worth’

A disturbance in the force was felt when Instagram proposed an updated set of legal policies that govern the company. What resulted was a lot of hysteria, panic and fear about how the company would handle their user’s images, creativity and memories. Instagram made an all too common misstep where they could have learned from the mistakes from any number of media related companies when it comes to governance and perception. If they even look at their current business owner, Facebook, they don’t need to look too far to find that people have become hyper-sensitive to policy changes, user rights and the rights of corporations. VX9TMDVU8R73 [click to continue…]