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Mikey DeDona, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at BU, is an active participant on the BU Gigs Instagram page who intends to download the app, he said, despite the uncertainty on what exactly that experience will be like.ĭeDona said he worries students may prefer the convenience of seeing a post on Instagram over a similar system on a separate application, though he hopes that students will adapt to the new platform.
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“I full on think I can do anything if I really, really just dedicated and put in the amount of time that I need to put into it,” he said, “even if that sounds corny as hell.” Muntanga intends to continue his work on the app as a solo effort, he said, having managed the pages and developed the app solely by himself. “It feels almost silly to be like ‘I’m too busy, I’ve been working 24/7 on this.’ It’s been awesome, even though it’s hard.” “No one’s forcing me to do any of this,” Muntanga said. “I pretty much just work on this.”ĭespite the added burden of maintaining the Instagram account and the app, Muntanga says he “can’t complain.” “Oh, I don’t have a life,” Muntanga said. When asked how he manages the app’s development on top of his classes and the existing platforms, Muntaga said it has consumed his time and energy. “Even just in terms of the app itself, it’s very hard to pull yourself away from it, because you’re always just finding new things that can be done better,” he said. Muntanga, who developed the app by himself, said the past month has been “one of the hardest months of entire life,” on account of developing the app while still posting on the Instagram pages. He said it essentially functions as an autonomous version of the Instagram page, tailored specifically to be a digital marketplace for students. The app allows users to make requests or offers and respond to other users’ posts. “Pretty much taking … the setup of Instagram, set up an Instagram as an app, my page, and trying to put it together into a formula that’s very simple and easy to understand.” “The way I look at it is, I’m trying not to do something completely new,” Muntanga said. The app is designed to feel familiar in format and design to the Instagram pages that preceded it. He has been developing the app since October as a way to make the platform more direct and streamlined to meet consumers’ needs. Muntanga, a senior at Northeastern University studying computer science and finance, created and operates the “gigs” pages for BU and a number of different schools across Boston and the country. “It’s something that’s been in the cards since the very beginning.” “The app has always been the main thing,” Muntanga said. Though the Instagram account came first, the app’s owner and designer, Kaluwe Muntanga, said his purpose was always to garner an audience for an app. The app, released Friday, is meant to provide the same services in a more streamlined and autonomous fashion.
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ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF The official app of the Instagram - a student marketplace and community platform - was released Friday on the app store. At more than 6,700 posts and 7,000 followers, the Instagram page has reached the end of its run, but its mission as a student marketplace and gig economy is far from over - the recently published app, “The SocialCall,” will take its place.
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