Kitsch as in Instagram

I don't like Instagram (or Hipstamatic for that matter) — the I turn your photo into something into a more romantically-worn-image-app. Yes, it looks nice. Don't we all love the atmosphere of a Polaroid, but c'mon. Digitally recreated is kitsch! Fake authenticity. And so many are buying it.

No, I don't really mind that Instagram is destroying bits by applying filters and reducing the camera's output from 5MP to a .5MP pic, nor that they are forcing you into (yet another) social network. But when Chris Brogan asked whether “instagram makes you a better photographer?”, i turned a little sick. To me that is like asking whether a vocoder make you a better singer. Or a better analog…