Streamzoo, A Great Instagram Alternative

With all the hubub of Instagram today, it inspired me to try out an alternative or two. Yes Instagram has followed up with an explanation of their Terms of service however with their new overlords at Facebook running things it might be a good idea to see what else is out there. So I am trying a service called Streamzoo for awhile.

Its fun and has more customization, badges like Foursquare and posts to FB, Tumblr, Twitter and Flickr. You can do a lot of things with it. It seems today they have picked up in terms of subscribers in the wake of the Instagram news. The app is available in Android and iOS flavors.

If you are on there check me out @tonyburgess1969 I will see you there.

Tumblr and Instagram

Recently Instagram turned off its embedding of its users photos into their Twitter feed and has replaced it with a link to the photo. Part of the appeal of Instagram is how you can share your photos in a creative way in different channels. I have to wonder if Tumblr at some point will be affected. We have to think there are some deeper issues at play here.

Sharing photos is a vital part of our online lives. Having options and choices is a way to keep people engaged and active. Cross-posting photos to different services will reach different people where they are online. I came back to Tumblr because I could post my Instagram photos there. When your focus is on giving users choices it can only increase the use of your app across the board.

My hope is the marriage of Tumblr and Instagram will be a solid one for the future for the users sake.