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What does your Instagram grid look like?
I am a mess.
Theres no unifying theme behind my posts.
I dont post at the most ideal time for likes.
Some are cropped into the ubiquitous Instagram square shape, while others are wide portraits.
There are too many back to back photos with particular friends.
I wish I werent a mess.
I also imagine theres a delicious smugness that comes from having such a feed, too.
I yearned for both of those things.
And so I tried to change.
I did it for a total of two posts before I gave up.
Frankly, I was a little relieved.
I never bothered again.
Ill be the first to admit that the problem was partly my content.
Did they just instinctively know to start doing it when they started using the app?
Did they archive all their old pictures and start fresh one random November day?
And what do youmeanthere is no way to batch delete Instagram pictures?
Youre telling me I have to do each one of theseINDIVIDUALLY?Oh, fuck that.
Its not just white-bordered photos that stress me out.
There are people who only post vertical images.
Or people who only post in black and white.
Five days as a white border user was too much for me.
Theres no way in hell I could ever commit to anything that was even more nuanced.
And if I really think about it, Im not sure Id want to, anyway.
I didnt delete my old pictures when I gave the white borders a try.
Or, at least, since sophomore year of college.
Yes, but that opens up a whole, different can of worms!
If I delete some photos, or even just one photos, the whole grid shifts a little.
They are so 2012, she told me, to my relief.
Nobody should even care about grid layout anymore.
Im not sure if I should delete them or not.
