"It's OK to mourn an app that you once loved. People miss MySpace and old Tumblr. I still believe GroupMe was the best group messaging app I've ever used. Embarrassing to admit it, but I still miss old Twitter. So it's OK to feel sad that Instagram isn't a place for photos anymore. I give you permission to grieve without being accused of being a corny, out-of-touch, avocado toast-posting millennial."
"You've surely noticed that your friends are posting to the grid less often - if at all. In fact, posting to the main feed has gotten so rare that there's a whole new set of unspoken rules about how to make those posts - the precise order of a photo dump for the month, what is grid-worthy or not, etc."
Instagram is testing a home screen that opens directly into Reels, reinforcing a Reels-centric navigation. The platform reports 3 billion users and is prioritizing direct messages and short-form video content. Posting to the traditional photo grid has declined, and users have developed new unspoken rules for rare feed posts, like curated photo-dump order and grid-worthiness. Many users now spend more time watching Reels and sharing them via DMs rather than creating original posts. Influencers and professionals remain the main creators of Reels, while casual users predominantly scroll similarly to TikTok. The shift marks a departure from Instagram as a primary personal photo-sharing space.
Read at Business Insider
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