Passions: Photos or videos?

Instagram’s move to becoming a video-first app led to an online protest. An author and a digital creator present two sides

“Insta’s morphed into a performance platform”

IG head (inset) Adam Mosseri responded to the recent “Make Instagram Instagram again” movement, by stating that IG will support photos and take videos ahead, side by side

Shunali says, “now, apart from being a good doctor, or a good architect, you also need to be a good VJ to be able to get business via your followers”

The platform is no longer about picture aesthetic or capturing a moment. Now it’s about rushing through cleverly edited photographs and people trying to grab your attention with a song and a dance. From a photo sharing platform, it’s morphed into an entertainment platform where everybody is being performative.  

Anisha says, “Videos grab more eyeballs... People want to be entertained on Instagram today

I support Instagram’s new video-centric approach because the future of content consumption is short form content in video format.