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@nel234: My Oh So Brief Love Affair with Instagram

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Moose Reflections - Denali  Instagram broke up with me on July 9th.   It was the shortest "Dear John" letter I've ever gotten!  Apparently, I had violated the  terms of use . Hmm, you might be thinking, what exactly did Nancy do? To be honest, I don't know.  I can tell you the last thing I did before I was summarily dismissed.  I had noticed that my short tag line had gone missing and had just finished adding it back in (having copied it verbatim from my Google+profile): Advocate, writer, traveler, photographer, baker, collector of flotsam and jetsam. Any opinions are my own. Within five minutes I got a notice about violating terms of use and that perhaps I should review those and  the community guidelines .  The notice went on to tell me my account had been turned off and that anyone looking for me would not be able to find me nor would they be able to find any of my photos.  Not to put too fine of a point on this, there was ...

#thetravelingkristen

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#thetravelingkristen #graffiti #publicart #lovetravel While I was on vacation with my niece Kristen, @Instagram terminated my account -- citing violation of terms of use.  More about that in my next post.  Here, I've pulled together the #Instagram photos (hopefully videos will follow at some point) that I had shared on Facebook or still had on my iPhone that were my contribution to Kristen's and my vacation #hashtag -- #thetravelingkristen (as referenced in my last post, Seattle Blue ). They are mostly from the city portions of our trip -- Seattle, Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Seward -- mainly because that is where we had Internet access (much to Kristen's delight I might add). And, if you are wondering why I was terminated, I have no clue as to which Instagram term of use I violated.  Nor has  Instagram responded to my query (nor has Facebook for that matter). Herewith, I give you #theTravelingKristen (last seen on July 9th on Instagram). Seattle...