Ahem, I have joined the ranks I was avoiding so long and started an instagram profile. The purpose of this instagram account is to accompany this blog solely and show updates at the farm with the hashtag #hadleighgrange. There won't be any selfies or photos of my family or my children doing "the cutest thing" or "the grossest thing" or photos of what I'm eating right then and there won't be long lists of made-up hashtags.
I'm talking to you, people, with your #sorry #notsorry and #isitjustmeoristimegoingbyfast hashtags. Hashtags are not meant to be social commentary or a way to show your genius wit. They are cyber tags for photos to be sorted and categorized by. Would you make a file folder for your bills with the name, "ihatepayingbillsonmonday" or "#gottagetmymoneyontime #iftheresnomoneydeclined"? No, because you'd never know what on this green earth belongs in there. It's funny only because it's not supposed to be done for real. (#hashtagabusemakesmecranky)
Putting my lecture on hashtag etiquette aside, you won't find any of those usual instagram staples. Hopefully, it'll be a quick and easy way to keep a current feed on what's happening and changing at Hadleigh Grange. Because, otherwise, you know, it'll be next fall before you see photos of what we did this weekend. (#dontholdyourbreath)
There's an icon in my left sidebar menu for the instagram account or you can find it here. (#fightthehashtagimpulse #hashtagabuseisreal)
See? It would have been better if I would have just written those things. Hashtag abuse is real, folks. It's real.
