First things first. The Milelion doesnโt do social media. Even in my personal life, I tend to view Facebook et al as sort of a one way mirror- great for stalking people.
Hereโs my Facebook profile, for example.
Iโd be very amused if the DHS asked me for my social media profile, because I imagine theyโd be instantly suspicious. After all, what sort of man doesnโt post photos of his food/kneejerk opinions about unverified news articles floating around the interweb/mild, insincere platitudes about random acquaintance baby photos that pop up on his feed? This man is dangerous, and must be stopped!
I remember when I was first introduced to Instagram. My friend opened the app on his phone. An plethora of photos synced and loaded.
โSo, this is the Instantgram?โ I asked
He affirmed that it was.
โAnd this Instantgram is capturing the zeitgeist of our era?โ
He affirmed that it was.
โBut all I see is partying and food and people wearing very few clothes and vaguely pretentious soft focus off centre photos with random filters and psychobabble captions applied to them. Are you sure the app is working properly?โ
He affirmed that it was.
Unfortunately, it seems that people would prefer to stare at pretty chiobu photos than read 3,000 words on the renaissance of the airport hotel. Case in point, I recently reached out to a few local hotels to ask if they were interested in sponsoring giveaways for readers of The Milelion. Of those that didnโt straight away send the email to spam, quite a few asked me how โgood I was at social mediaโ
โWell,โ I said. โI donโt use my phone at the table. So I think Iโm pretty good at social media, thank you very muchโ
They didnโt get back to me after that.
So, just for you, The Milelion is now on Instantgram. Yes, Iโm going to call it that. Follow The Milelion here. If you want. Youโre not a bad person if you donโt. In fact youโre probably more principled than me.
My upcoming trip to Miami should provide ample Instantgram fodder, but in the meantime Iโve uploaded some photos from past trips and links to the corresponding trip reports. I believe that is called Aftergram or something. Postergram?
Whatโs in it for you? Well, it opens up the possibility to do giveaways (sponsored or otherwise), send snarky messages to SQ and wear frameless glasses. So follow The Milelion, and tell all your friends you knew about it when it was still underground.
Finally! Welcome to Instagram!
You may also need to show your beach body to get views on instantgram (I think)
as a public figure iโm used to being objectified.
If you post items after itโs called latergram ๐
thatโs what the mainstreamers call it. imma say postagram.
Got it.. Followingโฆ.
Next step: first instastoryโฆ.
bro, where are the hashtags? #welcometoinstagram #instagramNOTinstantgram #hashtagโฆ.
Back when i was your age we called it the hex/pound sign. And everyone was happier
when is milelion on tinder? cause a lot of ladies are looking for free business /first/suite flights for free
do they mind if i only redeem one seat?
most importantly, all posts from today has to end with
the most over-used hashtag of them all
#blessed
Sold your soul โฆ. sad and disappointed you fell through the cracks and did not hold your principal.
principle.
edit: unless being sardonic ala instantgram. then ok.
U got me bro โฆ. hehe
Aaron, collages are so yesterday. You need to download VSCO instead, itโs a must-have add-on for the basic Instagrammer.
i only just realised that itโs possible to upload multiple photos at one go. no more collages for me.
is there an add on that makes instagram less pretentious?
Boomerang. ? But seriously , I donโt think addons are necessary though.
Isnโt a blog (albeit an excellent one) a form of social media? Youโd get more hits on IG if you had pictures of sexy female cabin crew vs empty seats ?
shhh. stop pointing out my manifest inconsistencies.