Instagram? That's, like, Tumblr, right?

To offer the "tutored" opinion of a Media student!!! Steer clear from all of this stuff. My debut here was in talking about media manipulation. Now deleted. On my course we are taught that everybody on the Internet is a troll. Point blank. But there is a question of degree.  Magpie the good, ignore the bad. Always question anybody with a thesis that they are so keen to promote. Actually don't even question them. Just magpie from whatever they come up with.  The idea that Ivy was nothing to do with advertising backed up with advertising copy to prove the antagonistic  poster's point has got me some nice high marks. What do I think? Judge the clothes and not the theories. God willing I have a career in Media ahead of me. And I start with the knowledge that all Media is bent. Things 'Trend' because vested interests want them to trend. Never willingly suspend your disbelief. Magpie!

Both Berkley Breathes and Stanshall are of course right. I'm only relaying what is currently being taught. Do I believe my tutors? Do I parrot what they want to hear to get the marks I need? The answers are no and yes respectively.
The current Red Bull marketing (bluaaargh) campaign is a very nice case in point. They are the first to my knowledge to use the rejection of social media as a selling point and they do reflect a greater trend. What once had value is now devalued by over exposure. Tweeting & FB are by now too ubiquitous to have any merit. The one time bubble has burst.
Those with a wish to link this to the one time over expose of Ivy might also have a valid point.
Stanshall also makes a very valid and further point. The exercise of "being out there" on the internet is more often than not an exercise in self promotion if we are honest with ourselves. Some have products or advertising space to sell. Some have the desire to create a reputation.
My research into all of this online shows both sides. Some people are selling advertising space. Some people are selling themselves as arbiters of style.
I agree that Talk Ivy should be an "information exchange" and it is. But I also know that it was created as a cynical exercise to pick other people's brains to further the interests of one individual. That person is very frank about this. Shameless even.
Do I approve or disapprove? No and yes again. But I accept the nature of this medium.
Am I a troll? Just by voicing the issues above online possibly yes. Are our moderators trolls by calling me on it? Here we get the question of degree.
I suspect this discussion is probably over. Talk Ivy as an information exchange is my interest. Now my degree is towards its end and so my interest in the genesis of our discussions here is over. It's a great micro case study. But it has no impact on whether a jacket is good or bad.
I'm going to join Chipper and watch the show. But I'm not going to judge anybody. I'm just going to look out for all the gems that you unearth & try to add some of my own.
Here's to the information exchange!

Instagram works as a creative index for me; I swipe and if I see something I like I investigate further.
I reckon if you're looking for discussion Woof, Instagram is not the place to be...

I like it for the Japanese Ivy guys' feeds.  You wouldn't find them on English-speaking forums and it gives you an insight into how big the style is over there.  I get the sense these guys see themselves as men's fashion #OOTD guys rather than Ivy cultists.

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Instagram - been and gone

What about My Space? I might open an account next year.

Twitter. I am SquareEndKnuttedTie @an_unseen_scene