Delivered that, towards the end of the year 2016 the number of photo-sharing app Instagram users has reached 600 million people around the world. Instagram which is a subsidiary of social #media Facebook it, managed to get additional user up to 100 million people even in less than 6 months only.The development of practical makes Instagram as leading contender in competition application sharing photos and videos. In addition, the success of Instagram also supported from appeared some of the new features that are considered capable of attracting the interest of users.
Earn Great Popularity Thanks To New Features
The increase in the number of users #Instagram, was first presented by parent company Facebook in the middle of last December. Through a post on his official blog, Facebook had previously stated target to reach the number of users of 500 million towards the close years 2016.
But beyond expectations, growth of number of users is thus able to reach Instagram fantastic more than 600 million people around the world. And one of his best moments are, from June to December 2016, Instagram additional users successfully achieved around 100 million people.
As is known, in the middle of last year, a new feature starting spawn Instagram named Instagram Stories. Apart from copying controversy features from the rival Snapchat, in fact Instagram Stories very popular by the main users of the millennial generation are increasingly familiar with video content.
A feature that puts the function of merging photos and #video this slide show, not just a reason user base grew Instagram but also fostered the trend of video content sharing among social media platform.
In addition to the features above, in September then Instagram also adds new features related to the comment field. This feature makes the user can do the controls on the comment field. Its primary purpose is to limit the presence of negative comments or attempts of cyber bullying that is currently getting popular recently occurred.
Additional Features Live Streaming
And the latest, Instagram adds the ability to create video live streaming on the Internet. Again, this feature is indeed closely juxtaposed with the possibility of cribbing features Snapchat. Because of the earlier, Snapchat has also been first introduced similar features.
The existence of this live streaming features, users can broadcast video directly in the form of Stories that have been there before.
But in contrast to the streaming video presented by #Facebook, video streaming this Instagram will disappear automatically when the process of streaming video was completed by the user. And this is also exactly the same as, owned by Snapchat.
Some time ago, these features are still available to a small number of users in the entire United States. Instagram But reportedly, the video features live streaming has begun available to other users in different countries.
Usage: with a swipe to the right conduct on view feeds to open camera. From there we could see the new functionality i.e. button "start live video". If this key already appears on the application Instagram us, we've been able to use those features.
To further improve linkages between one user by another user, then there is a special notification that appears when someone, whether it's what we follow or we are doing a live streaming video. In addition, there is also a special sign with the words "live" Pink for accounts that are doing live streaming.
Function to remove the content live video after streaming ends, can also be found on a video or photo messages sent as direct messages. When you send direct messages through group or individual, we can choose the function removes the message automatically after it is read by the recipient.
Of the receiving party, is also given the option to reply or take a screenshot of the message.
See the development of applications that demonstrate positive trends Instagram towards the end of the year 2016, an online marketing firm eMarketer predicts Facebook is able to scoop up with gains of up to 1.5 billion dollars from advertising revenue this year. And for the year 2017, predicted the number will continue to increase due to the existence of popular applications as Instagram for photo and video sharing.
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