>> "I can share photos on facebook if I want, or on Twitter" And if you didn't use Facebook or Twitter and wanted somewhere to share your photos you'd probably

>> "I can share photos on facebook if I want, or on Twitter" And if you didn't use Facebook or Twitter and wanted somewhere to share your photos you'd probably use Instagram. The filters enable you to make shitty photos look better in one tap. Lots of people don't use them. I think that was the initial appeal but now that cameras are better it's just a good place to share and view photos. The ability to share it to lots of other sites in one tap is also very useful. >> "I can edit photos with my phone, no instagram needed." So can I. Instagram isn't really a photo editor. You can apply filters and do basic edits but that's the point. If you apply the filters your stuff automatically 'looks good' and you don't need to spend time editing.