Group chats and Instagram Direct don't work for this because everyone would have to be following each other. They said that they wanted to keep their main insta accounts for casual followers, teachers or parents who like to keep up with their life, but they also wanted a space to vent and chat and get real with their friends. Why did these accounts start cropping up? Most teens we spoke to said finsta was a backlash against the overly curated image you're expected to portray on social media. 'It's almost like, if you're a political candidate, your rinsta would be your platform page, where you post the best version of yourself.' Two apps in one 'You're the same person on both, just one is way more personal than the other,' she said. 'It's almost like, if you're a political candidate, your rinsta would be your platform page, where you post the best version of yourself,' she said. 'But your finsta would be your secret real account where you let your closest friends and family follow.'
