Why Do We Post Photos on Instagram?

  Uploading photos to Instagram, and social media itself, as a whole, has acquired a relevant role in the social functioning of our culture. Far from being a mechanism to simply share good times, the uploading of photos suggests certain desires, ambitions, and personality traits that have nothing to do with the main function of social media, which is connecting people. We can relate the way we use Instagram with how we are. In other words, the use we make of Instagram (and similar social media) is, to a certain extent, a reflection of our mental health and the psychological…