In the past couple of years, Instagram has become an extremely popular social networking website that allows its users to share photos and videos with their followers and friends. Facebook is a combination of both pictures and words, while Twitter is mainly consisted of words that contain 140 characters or less. Unlike Facebook, or Twitter, Instagram is exclusively image driven, and that is one of the primary reasons why it is so widely-used. However, through the use of Instagram, some of humans' unfavorable traits and natural tendencies are revealed at the same time. Although Instagram offers a convenient and entertaining platform for us to share our interests, opinions and whereabouts through the use of pictures, it has also exposed some of the negative characteristics our generation possesses. Instagram's popularity still remains in this fast-paced world today because of its simple, yet attractive features that allow us to not only check out what other people are doing through the means of photos, but also lets us share interesting things about our own lives with our followers. I am a true Instagram addict. After transitioning from being obsessed with Facebook to constantly tweeting about the smallest things that go on in my life, my friends introduced me to Instagram, an app that I initially refused to use because I thought I just wasn't a "photography" type of person. However, since Instagram was an overwhelming success among my friend groups, I soon gave in and started experiencing this so-called "next big thing." I became fond of the concept of sharing your whereabouts through the use of pictures, instead of boring texts/words on Twitter or Facebook. After all, I realized that most people are probably more interested in scrolling through pictures than reading tweets that are either complaining about homework and tests, or are gossiping about other people's lives. I have been a devoted "Instagramer  for almost two years now, and I still have not grown tired of it due to the positive effects of Instagram. Since almost all of my friends use Instagram, I feel obligated to constantly check it on my phone to see what everyone is up to. I especially feel the need to scr