# Facebook, Instagram- Distinctions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-instagram-distinctions/733290>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-instagram-distinctions/733290 "2015-10-02T19:02:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-instagram-distinctions/733290/1 "2015-10-02T19:02:35Z")

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I use Facebook daily. I understand how it works, how it’s used, etc.

I have never used Instagram.

As I understand it, Facebook purchased Instagram.

What I don’t understand is what the point of the services being different actually is. Why would someone post Picture A on Facebook, Picture B on Instagram, and Picture C on both?

All the other main social media sites I get, but the Instagram thing escapes me.

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**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-instagram-distinctions/733290/2 "2015-10-02T19:04:57Z")

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All of your questions can be answered by one simple sentence: my mom’s on Facebook, she’s not on Instagram.