I know, I know, but it’s not the “jumped the shark” bit that is interesting. Take a look at the update on the bottom of this Mashable post because I’ve been hearing it a lot.
And you know what’s interesting about “signal to noise” comments when talking about Instagram? They’re the same comments that people started to say about Facebook when parents started signing up. Same comments people started making about Twitter a year plus ago.
It’s the complaint that early adopters make when a product is no longer “theirs”.
It’s a tough problem: growing and staying clutter free. Very few services succeed at finding a balance. Very few.