2.5 billion Instagram likes are doled out every single day by users all around the world. In the time it took you to read that sentence, that little red heart lit up over 25,000 times. How many of those little red hearts burst into your notifications, though? Raise your hand if you've ever posted an Instagram photo, and then, an hour later, deleted it out of shame because you didn’t get enough likes. We all get a little rush of good feelings when someone likes or comments on our photos. I love working on my feed, editing photos and taking…
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nyone who has been on SFU’s Burnaby campus for more than a semester has seen them. Beat up, out of place, left out in the cold. This campus is a graveyard for forgotten chairs, and most students have just gotten…
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When you post a picture on Instagram, your main concerns are most likely how sweet it looks with the brand new filters, and whether or not it’ll be ‘liked’ a coveted 11 times or more. You aren’t typically concerned with…
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Social media juggernaut Instagram announced earlier this week that it would be adding a brand new series of filters meant to further fool your friends and acquaintances into believing your life is a lot more notable than it actually is.…
Continue reading1) Denial and Isolation: Hmmm, your phone’s usually in the left pocket. Maybe it’s in the right one? Nope, not there either. You might’ve accidentally put it in your back pocket before rushing to the bathroom. Not in that one either?…
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