The Human Trampoline

"But there’s something slightly surreal about uploading your hastily-shot iPhone pic of a bloody white sheet over a mysterious shape on the sidewalk to Instagram. More than Twitter and many other social media networks, Instagram is built upon a kind of Silicon Valley-born rosy worldview that seeks to filter our world, lift us for a moment out of the mundane. There would be something comic about the concept of crime scene photos on Instagram if the reality wasn’t so horrific."

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Empire State Building Shooting: There’s No ‘Crime Scene Filter’ on Instagram | Betabeat

Yes, I’m quoting my own post at Betabeat. Check it out.

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28 August 2012 ·

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