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Long Instagram Posts

Long Instagram Posts

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Updated May 11, 2020 at 11:21AM EDT by Matt.

Added May 07, 2020 at 11:18AM EDT by Philipp.

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Long Instagram Posts, also known as Stretched Instagram Posts, refers to a bug that allowed Instagram users to post stretched-out photographs on the app in early May 2020.

Origin

The exact point of discovery of the bug is currently unknown. Starting on May 6th, 2020, multiple meme accounts on Instagram posted stretched-out images that took significantly longer to scroll through than the normal posts. For example, on May 7th, 2020, Instagram[1] user big_chungles posted a 320 by 9462 pixel black rectangle, with the post gaining over 11,500 likes in twelve hours (shown below, left). On the same day, Instagram[2] user bavid.basselhof made a Dimma-post that gained over 450 likes in eight hours (shown below, right).


big_chungles • Follow big_chungles 10h (+) dwarf630 What the f--- 10h 219 likes Reply epic_swag_time Chungles what Liked by cleveland._feels and 11,661 others 10 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post bavid.basselhoff • Following bavid.basselhoff The superior version 8h +) oyster_mans Doug dimmodome 5h Reply all_these_diamonds How 5h 1 like Reply _maxcrane_ Wait dude post this one more time it might make everyone laugh Liked by mememonk_ and 512 others 8 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post

A 31 by 1600 pixel Do You Love The Colour Of The Sky? meme[9] gained particular popularity as apart of the trend.[10][11]

Spread

On May 7th, the glitch was used by multiple popular meme accounts, including posts by salad.snake[3] (over 37,400 likes), juicybignut[4] (over 38,000 likes), yodaposting[5] (over 15,300 likes) and others (examples shown below).


juicybignut • Following juicybignut Instagram smoking crack LMAO00 from @ironygate 8h +) itscova N---- how the f--- did you do this 8h 145 likes Reply View replies (45) luis.salidim what's with the long face tho Liked by diabolican and 38,013 others 8 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post yodaposting • Following yodaposting ola banana dog 1h +) cristobaljara.r Que weaaa xd 59m 3 likes Reply tomas_mendoza. Que wea como lo hizo el banana doge 55m 4 likes Reply nacho_2401 Lol 1h 3 likes Reply 8,108 likes 1 HOUR AGO Add a comment... Post

The rapid spread of the stretched posts on Instagram prompted reaction memes and inquiries about to make them. For example, a May 7th Be Like Bill meme by Instagram user igotzucc[6] received over 8,400 likes in nine hours (shown below, left). A same-day HOW meme by goozrat[7] gained over 900 likes in seven hours (shown below, right).


This is Bill Bill sees lots of people posting really long images on Instagram Bill knows it is a hassle to scroll through the whole photo, and it is ruining everyones feed Bill decides not to post the photo @igotzucc Bill is smart Be like Bill. Me when someone post long picture HOW

How-To Guide

The stretched images could be posted to Instagram by manually editing the desired image so that it's height was much larger than the width (an aspect ratio of up to at least 1:51); for example via Simple Image Resizer[8] or other available apps and services. The edited image can be posted to Instagram without cropping, resulting in a stretched post.

Various Examples


juicybignut • Following juicybignut Instagram smoking crack LMAO00 from @ironygate 8h +) itscova N---- how the f--- did you do this 8h 145 likes Reply View replies (45) luis.salidim what's with the long face tho Liked by diabolican and 38,013 others 8 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post valve.time • Following 2ɔ11 kepiy bora_falan_degil HOW 25m Reply firstname_97 How 14m Reply juicypodz Stfu 6m Reply cameronpezz How 5m Reply zhacxk W-- 22s Reply Liked by un1cOrn_200 and 1,471 others 4 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post chubeyyy • Following chubeyyy Say hi to beetlejuice before scrolling 4m matt_m5301 How 3m 8 likes Reply cole_hashemi why tf it so long 3m 1 like Reply leo_pateo how 3m 1 like Reply 262 likes 4 MINUTES AGO Add a comment... Post

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External References

[1] Instagram – big_chungles

[2] Instagram – bavid.basselhoff

[3] Instagram – salad.snake

[4] Instagram – juicybignut

[5] Instagram – yodaposting

[6] Instagram – igotzucc

[7] Instagram – goozrat

[8] Simple Image Resizer – Main page

[9] Know Your Meme – Do You Love The Colour Of The Sky? – Original

[10] YouTube – How to get long posts on Instagram

[11] Reddit – cheescakemelody

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