You’ve probably noticed (or maybe you haven’t) that Instagram has changed their format of the square 1:1 ratio, 1080 x 1080 pixel photo grid to 4:5 ratio, 1080 x 1350 pixel rectangles. The change can be seen on your main feed and your profile on the app so far, but on desktop, my profile still shows squares, for now. The format is taller and better aligned for mobile devices, and matches the sizing of reels and stories. Many people are very angry that their carefully cropped and perfected square grid doesn’t fit the new dimensions. It also messes with my OCD to now have a blank space to the top and bottom of some of my posts to make them conform to the new grid. But to be honest, I was never crazy about the mandatory chopping of my posts into squares, and posts were one size, stories another, just one of many things about Instagram that bugged me. read more…
