"In a week or two": The thing most associated with Instagram may change
Adam Mosari, CEO of the social network, told his followers that the company will soon begin a new experiment - which will affect the visibility of images in the feed. "We thought we should treat images and videos equally," he said
Yanon ben Shoshan
07/08/2022
Sunday, 07 August 2022, 09:20 Updated: 09:45
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Our stories are for height, all the photos we take with the smartphone (usually), are for height.
Why are the images in the feed still horizontal?
Because that's how it's always been.
Now, this thing may change: Instagram CEO Adam Mosari told his followers on the social network that the company is looking into the possibility of publishing photos in length (vertically) - in a ratio of 9:16.
"It is possible to post videos in length, but not photos.
Therefore, we thought we should treat both equally," said Musari, adding: "The experiment will start in a week or two." Currently, Instagram displays portrait images in a maximum size of 4:5 ratio. So what's new? Switching to full vertical mode will display the The image is full while scrolling the feed, similar to Reels.
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Instagram has rolled back some of the changes it recently rolled out as part of its attempt to deal with growing competition from TikTok, sparking sharp criticism.
The experimental design forced users to post images with a 9:16 aspect ratio, with a black border.
"I'm glad we took a risk - if we don't fail every once in a while, we're not thinking big enough or bold enough," Mosari said in an interview with Platformer.
Kylie Jenner, who has no less than 360 million followers, also rebelled against the new moves of the social network and stated that she was not satisfied.
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