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nyctophilia
Location: Wisconsin Gender: Female Total Likes: 25 likes
tis i, the frenchiest fry
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 80 on 12/11/2014 9:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | So while I can't stand "fake" explorers just as much as the next person, I have to defend instagram explorers to an extent . See, there isn't really anyone to judge them, because what's to say they are "fake" explorers? I may be on the wrong side of instagram (or rather the right side), but all of the explorers I follow and am friends with are talented, emerging photographers who take pictures of features in abandoned buildings or conceptual portraits which, more often than not, are anonymous or unidentifiable, while preserving and not exposing the location. While they might not be in it just for the sake of exploring, do respect their work, as long as they are respectful of the location privacy and preservation. I dunno. That's just how I feel about this.
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| Darthbindy
Location: Toronto Gender: Male Total Likes: 43 likes
| | | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 86 on 11/27/2015 3:55 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I think the main problem is the people who constantly post tons of pictures just to build up followers, while naming the location in the description, or having the picture make it very obvious to figure out where it is. I've seen a lot of pictures which include # LocationName, which is a huge nono in my books, but apart from that, most of them keep the location unknown. What really grinds my gears that I've seen on there, is the people who claim to be "Urban explorers" yet most of their pictures are of them vandalizing a pristine location with their shitty little "tag". Personally, I really only use instagram to stay in the loop of what people I know are up to (quite a lot of people from UER are on there), and I will occasionally post some of my own UE pics, to show them what I've been doing. Posted by nyctophilia So while I can't stand "fake" explorers just as much as the next person, I have to defend instagram explorers to an extent . See, there isn't really anyone to judge them, because what's to say they are "fake" explorers? I may be on the wrong side of instagram (or rather the right side), but all of the explorers I follow and am friends with are talented, emerging photographers who take pictures of features in abandoned buildings or conceptual portraits which, more often than not, are anonymous or unidentifiable, while preserving and not exposing the location. While they might not be in it just for the sake of exploring, do respect their work, as long as they are respectful of the location privacy and preservation. I dunno. That's just how I feel about this.
| I feel exactly the same way.
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| WhiskeyPapa
Gender: Male Total Likes: 61 likes
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 87 on 11/27/2015 4:25 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I think I visited Instagram once, was underwhelmed, and never returned. I've nothing against explorers posting crappy pics there. I would hope they are cautious to avoid posting location/POE details, but it's really no different than posting on Facebook, 500px, Flickr, or even posting here. I eschew many of these new technologies (Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest) because they are of little use to me. I like Facebook for catching photos of nieces and nephews growing up too quickly, but generally despise the meme's, life announcements, and game invites that bombard my account. At least with Facebook and Flickr, you can add some layer of security to restrict who sees your pictures. While I enjoy seeing good, creative photographs, I prefer to read about the history of a location. If there is a story attached to the pictures (good or bad), then I'm interested. Just seeing pictures to prove you did something isn't all that interesting to me...and isn't that all Instagram does?
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| Leopard18
Location: Boston, MA Gender: Male Total Likes: 52 likes
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 94 on 11/28/2015 6:21 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | To me it's not the photo sharing vessel that makes someone real or fake, it's the person's character. Post your pictures for whoever you want to share them with. It's normal to want to share pictures, especially when they come out as good as some of the ones I see here. Regardless of the site's you use, If you announce to the world where you went and how to get in, you're a fucking moron. It's one thing to share privately with others, especially to explore, but to announce it to everyone is just irresponsible. I don't care if you post your explores on UER, instagram, facebook, hell I don't care if you post them on pornhub. People who are in it for the fame without half an idea of what they are doing have no place here, and their attitudes and irresponsibility that compromises places for the rest of us just piss me off. One of my favorite places is now sealed up tight because one of these dumb fucks thought it would be cool to test the fire alarm, even though the building had power. (a friend of mine knew a friend of the fucking idiot that did it.) anyways, that's more like my 5 cents.
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| Dayman
Location: Oxford, Ohio/Middletown, Ohio Gender: Male Total Likes: 200 likes
"Too Much, Too Soon...You're way out of tune"
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 95 on 11/28/2015 6:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I feel it's just like posting "urban exploring" pictures anywhere, in that, there are good ways to go about it and there are definitely some not so good ways to go about it. There really shouldn't be a set outline for whats okay and whats not when it comes to exploring posting pictures, for the most part; aside from like I mean vandalism, scrapping, arson, and blowing up a spot. I think it's perfectly fine to post UE pictures on Instagram, just unfortunately some people are shitty about it and there's always been those shitty types of people involved in the hobby since it hit the internet. There's not much else we can do but just keep on exploring how we think is right and make Seph Lawless memes.
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| Leopard18
Location: Boston, MA Gender: Male Total Likes: 52 likes
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 97 on 11/28/2015 11:06 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Sadly I remember that. Unfortunately because of my young age, a lot of my friends got caught in that. Planking is more black and white though, even most unusual people can't really come up with a good reason for doing it, besides the obvious look at me factor. Regardless I agree, I generally don't like the type that's that eager attention. We all like to stand out, it's in our nature. I just wish others could learn to be more content with who they are and take comfort in knowing what they're good at. If I venture into a field I know nothing about, I approach it with care and an open mind, talk to people that know more than me, learn it, and generally dont get arrogant about it. Near as I can tell, almost every sensible explorer I have met took a similar course to get here. If you approach a new hobby with a closed and sometimes ignorant mind, you probably dont belong in that hobby.
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