Why do you have a finstagram?

Why'd You Push That Button?

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Society & Culture, Arts, Technology, Design

4.4 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week on Why’d You Push That Button, Kaitlyn and Ashley analyze fake Instagrams, aka finstas, to find some truth. We talk to a teen, a model, and a reporter to get answers about why people keep a finsta. I don’t want to spoil anything, but we basically learned that finstas are probably the most authentic social media platform, aside from Venmo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, Finstagram. Do you know what a Finsta is?
0:03.0	I believe it's a friend Instagram.
0:05.0	Your side Instagram where you post whatever you want.
0:07.0	I don't know if I know anyone that has a Finsta.
0:10.0	Or I wonder if I'm part of someone's Finsta.
0:12.0	I have a few friends that have some.
0:13.0	You want one that's like just your friends are going to see, and just like a select few.
0:16.0	All of my coworkers slash most of the office is not following me on Instagram, and I feel like I needed a safe space.
0:21.7	So people don't know what I like on Instagram.
0:23.9	I don't really post my Instagram anyways, so I can creep around on that.
0:27.6	Why is Andrew liking this photo of a frog or something?
0:30.0	Hello, welcome to Why'd You Push That Button, a podcast where Ashley Carmen, and Caitlin,
0:36.9	and Caitlin Tiffany, that's me, talk about all of the tiny decisions
0:39.9	that technology forces us to make. Today we're talking about finstagrams. Maybe you've heard
0:45.5	of them. You probably have. Finstagram is a very good portmanteau of the words fake and
0:52.7	Instagram. Finsta. So it the words fake and Instagram.
0:54.5	Finsta.
0:56.1	Finsta.
1:00.9	So it's like a secondary Instagram, in addition to your main public Instagram, which is tied to your Facebook account, aka a rinsta.
1:03.5	I don't care for that word. I'm going to be honest with you.
1:05.9	If you guys didn't catch that, it's real Instagram.
1:08.5	Anyway, you got your main Instagram, tied your Facebook profile.
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