Its a persons secondary account on the social platform, curated for a unique audience and purpose.
Entries for finsta started appearing on Urban Dictionary at the beginning of 2015.
Usually a girl has a finsta and boys arent supposed to follow it.
Finstas arent supposed to be taken seriously and it doesnt matter how many posts or followers you have.
Finstas are mainly kept private and have funny or clever usernames.
Who Can View a Finsta?
As a general rule, your finsta followers are a pared-down group of your rinsta followers.
Even if your rinsta isnt set to private, your finsta definitely is.
Finsta handles are more similar to early screen names (e.g.
tina_colada or princesspisces), and arent outwardly connected to your identity.
The number of posts are limited, but the number of followers are limitless.
Theres no feeling self-conscious on your finsta.
Its the place to be unashamed and unfiltered and performative to the max.
If rinstas are a place for performing aspirations, then finstas are a place for performing the struggle.
All of these are accompanied by essay-length captions about how everything sucks and how she hates her life.
Another friends finsta is made up entirely of selfies where shes crying.
Under every photo, theres a long explanation for why shes crying.
Thats why describing it as your fake instagram is complicated.
But if you take the confessional aspects to the next level, thats not the real you either.
You cant sneak a peak at their high-tech diary while theyre off at school.
Keep the lines of communication open between you and your kid.
