Food + Social Media

Food and social media have become intertwined very closely. It seems like every time i check my instagram feed i see pictures of someones dinner, or a dessert they ate. So is the web changing they way we eat, or is it just putting our food under a microscope. According to the article, How the web is changing the way we eat, restaurants are shrinking their portions to appeal to social networks. People like, tweet, and take pictures of their food so it would only make sense that restaurant owners take advantage of this. If i owned a restaurant i would use social media to advertise my business but i would also use twitter, instagram, and facebook as tools to promote my restaurant for free. By taking pictures of your food and having a lot of people like it, you're appealing to people who may have never tried it. If people see something is popular they're more inclined to try it for themselves. The article says restaurant trends are being guided less by lovers of food and more by lovers of interaction. It's almost as if people are more interested with interacting with others, and more interested in being on the internet than they are when it comes to what they eat. If the trend continues, i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a new social media site based completely around food, if it doesn't exist already.