INSTAGRAM

Laura Parker Barnes

Eta Zeta Chapter, Elon University

Instagram started to become popular when I was a senior. I can remember finally deciding to download it and posting my first picture of a group of my ZTA sisters at a senior gathering. It is very filtered because that’s what felt cool about Insta at the time. It’s still my original pic on insta!

Chelsea Benson Miller

Theta Chapter, Bethany College

Instagram came out just a few months before I joined ZTA. My sisters and I used it all the time to post pictures of all of the fun we had together. This was back in the day of crazy filters, borders and only one photo allowed per post, so a ZTA event could easily cause 10-15 posts in a matter of a few minutes. I also created Theta’s first Instagram account when I was the Historian-Reporter!

did you know?

Instagram was launched in 2010 as a platform for users to share, like and comment on photos and videos of people they follow. Insta had one billion users worldwide in 2022. Zetas found this platform to be a fun and easy way to share event pictures and videos, and it makes for an effective ZTA recruitment tool.

did you know?

Snapchat was founded in 2011 as a platform where people’s photos and videos--many with Snapchat filters-disappear from the site after a few moments of being seen. According to Snapchat, an average of five-plus billion snaps are created every day.