Do you have any difference in this opinion when it comes to purchase food (dinners out, etc) vs. a meal which has been made by hand at home? I get wanting to share photos of food you've made, especially when it's a more challenging dish. I'm not saying one justifies the other but I am wondering if your opinions would change any depending.
One you bought. The other you made. Everybody with an interest in food has toyed with the idea of being a chef and showing off from time to time is appropriate. Hell, taking pictures of that crazy margarita is appropriate - but when you do it at your house, you're sharing. When you do it in a crowded restaurant, you're opting out of the social experience. Which, again - okay. I'm just saying that "the hate" has legitimate roots and legitimate causes.
I believed it did. I was pretty sure you would perceive a difference in the two, but I wanted to know what that difference was as you saw it. I had looked at my own food pics on Instagram and a lot are my own creations, which I shared because - well, I put in work and it worked and I was proud. I ain't gonna be ashamed of a photo of from-scratch Danishes, imma tell you wut. I like to figure out where exactly people's hate extends. When I found out my coworker didn't like tomatoes, we had several conversations where I pried into exactly what she meant by that. I think those sorts of boundaries are interesting. I like to know the whys.
Keep in mind, though - Instagram was not designed for deep sharing. It is not a place where you connect with the people who matter. It's a tenuous network for tenuous connections largely supported by camwhoring. So if you care what half a thousand people you barely know think about your cooking, Instagram is the way to go. If you want your parents and your buddies and your siblings to care, it probably isn't.