Social Networks are fun to laugh and joke with your friends but could it be used to help bring change? Well the Washington Post is doing a project with Instagram and you can help! Check out the details after the jump on the “2012 Unfiltered Project”.
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The Washington Post has launched an Instagram project inviting readers to submit photos that illustrate what the economy looks like in their neighborhoods.
The project, titled “2012 Unfiltered,” aims to cut through political rhetoric about the state of the U.S. economy through visual evidence. Photos tagged with #econdebate in Instagram captions will be added to a blog on washingtonpost.com.
It’s an interesting use of consumer technology and crowdsourcing. However, we wonder if the people best positioned to participate in this project are in possession of iPhones.
In the coming weeks, The Washington Post plans to use Q&A site Quora to crowdsource questions about the 2012 campaigns for reporters to answer.
