What is the difference between Pinterest and Instagram?

Instagram should be for sharing photos. Personally, I only follow photo sharing accounts. I think when it first came out you could only take a photo through the app and not post one through your gallery. Therefore it made it very insta sharing.

Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board. You can create boards for all kinds of interests and have them in a very organized manner. When you come across a great recipe you don't have to bookmark it you put it on your recipe board or more specifically your main dishes recipe board. Then later when you are looking for supper inspiration you go to that Pinterest board for ideas.

I'm TracyBzz on Instagram I just mainly share photos of where I live (and my cats) and follow people who do the same. Facebook is for my personal pictures of my family. 

To the OP -- as a way to connect with other writers -- I guess it depends on what your needs/wishes are, but Instagram is primarily visual -- the photo, often with a lot of filters to make it more striking. Sure, people add text and there is verbal exchange in the comments, but it's primarily visual. I personally am not a big fan of the video addition. But I guess as far as connecting with other professionals, I'd not see it as the best site. What about Twitter? I follow several authors on Twitter, and while it's often just teasers to link you back to their blog or snippets that interest them, it's been fun.

I perfer IG over Pinterest but I do enjoy both. I feel like I can connect more with people on IG though because you can leave comments on their posts. Also if your interested in specific things like say you're interested in losing weight with Weight Watchers all you have to go is search hashtags #weightwatchers #fitfam #weightloss stuff like that and you will be able to find others who are into the same thing.

I personally follow crafty/papercrafting people, weight loss folks, makeup people and some celebrities that I like. Oh and bands I like.

DKnitter there is This_girl_is_a_squirrel which is a about a squirrel that someone took in after a storm and she now relies on human care-- she lives in a cat post and wears outfits sometimes. Then there is shirinsultanpasha who posts baby squirrel, often video, but sometimes stills. Now that I look at his account, I question my statement that he's Russian -- it says his location is Istanbul. I guess because many of the comments are in RUssian I made that assumption. Anyhow, it's fun to follow.

I love to travel, but it's not an option for me, so Instagram is like vicarious exploration around the world for me. I often follow people living in areas featured in a novel I'm reading, or a museum that has collections of interest to me. I also keep an eye out for blog or forum posts where people list their favorites-- and then I'll give those a try too.

rst - thanks for those!

For me, Instagram is more about quick inspiration, as well as following the few friends who use it.  I follow lots of quilters, some designers, fabric companies, travel and lifestyle bloggers I like (some have moved away from blogging to Instagram).  I typically post photos of just general routine daily life - pets, plants, something funny I see out and about. 

Pinterest is more for saving things for future use/inspiration.  I find that I go in spurts on how much I use Pinterest, pinning tons for a week or so, then not even going there for a few weeks.  I'm in a 'not visiting Pinterest' mode right now.  I've gotten really annoyed at all the Suggested by Pinterest pins that are 99% things I've already pinned.  Another reason I don't go there as often is that I have the Pinterest button on my browser toolbar and can usually just pin something straight from a webpage.

LOL! That's totally understandable.

If I scroll long enough I always find porn also. I once was on a marathon scroll of nail art. After clutching my pearls I started using the "inappropriate post" button. I can't remember what it's really called, but you can report photos on Instagram.