Actually I just read the definition of "Jump the shark" on Wikipedia and his use of the term and his explanation are both very accurate. At least from his point of view. I also wouldn't say his opinion is petty. He was asked directly by someone why he stopped using Instagram and he told them. The sadder thing would be for high level execs to not share an opinion at all.I don't think Phil knows what "jumped the shark" means.
Simply ridiculous comment...
That's as saying "Yeah, I really loved apple when it was a small community and not many ppl were using macs"...![]()
I think the problem he's talking about here, if we should still stick to photography communities, is the "Flickr Problem". And why 500px is having a different kind of quality today.Simply ridiculous comment...
That's as saying "Yeah, I really loved apple when it was a small community and not many ppl were using macs"...![]()
I don't blame him. Instagram is trash now. All I see is pictures of people's food and shoes all day.
Lol you must not have been on IG long cause that's all it's ever been well and cats too. There is just more of it now,way more of it.
What led me to delete my account (before it even went to android) was the constant spamming like he please follow me or please like my photos..
The comments were endless and once one of my photos went popular it got 50 times worse,so bad even IG tried to throttle the spamming by deleting comments if they were nothing more than a hey please follow me.
I don't get the beef people have with Android having an Instagram app as well. How does it affect your life if somebody on a different phone can shoot and share images as well?
More members means more crap, more crap means it takes more energy to find the good stuff, and he feels it's not worth it anymore.
Compare it with having a favourite bar where a lot of people that you find interesting are hanging out, you can sit down and join in in conversations from time to time. All of a sudden, the bar becomes more popular and you can't find a place to sit, the new crowd is more interested in getting drunk with their friends than open to talking to others...
Oh boo-hoo. They're just out to make money like you, Phil.
Just make a better device and don't worry about the rest. You're already doing a great job. Keep it up!
Note: I'm not an Instagram user. "Oh look ugly filters on square photos...awesome. I'm such a good photographer now!"
Dallas jumped the shark when the last season turned out to be a dream
X-Files jumped the shark when Mulder left
etc etc etc
Sounds just a tiny bit pretentious and elitist to me. It's a social network for pictures. The more people it has, the better, right?
edit: people already explained it
anyway, that term is getting soooo overused its annoying and doesnt even make any sense in most cases