✳flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

The network's the thing — Remains of the Day

eugenewei.com · 2,736 words · saved by 1 readers

Last week Instagram announced it was supporting more than just square aspect ratios for photos and videos. This led of course to a Slate article decrying the move, because Slate is that friend that has to be contrarian on every topic all the time, just to be annoying. The square confines Instag

Last week Instagram announced it was supporting more than just square aspect ratios for photos and videos. This led of course to a Slate article decrying the move, because Slate is that friend that has to be contrarian on every topic all the time, just to be annoying. The square confines Instagram users to a small area of maneuver. It forces us to consider what details are essential, and which can be cropped out. It spares us from indulgence of the landscape and the false promise of the panorama. But Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is in the business of accommodating its users, not chal

Explore this link on the map →

saved by

related reading