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An Open Letter to the New Instagram Update

For the love of God please go back to cronological order!

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An Open Letter to the New Instagram Update
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Dear Instagram,

This article may lead you to believe that I am quite a social media crazed millennial and well you're right. I am only a product of the times that I have grown up in and with this came my fascination with social media and all it has to offer. I am not usually one to complain but due to changes made in some of your most recent updates I refuse to stay silent. So here are a few things I wish you had never changed...

The option to make up my own location. Making up silly locations was such an amazing feature. It was a great way to slide in a inside joke without distracting from the purpose of the post which can be found in the caption.

Being able to see every person that liked your photo in my notifications...every single one of them. I want to be able to see if that one boy I've been talking to from my history class liked that cute picture of my friends and I from last Saturday night!

When it says how many people liked my photo can you take away the Jimmy, Sally and 148 others liked your photo because I want credit for all 150! I know I really shouldn't care about how many likes I get but I do, it's my greatest pitfall.

For the love of God bring back chronological order! Humans are creatures of habit. It is my initial instinct as millennial to like the first photo that appears on my timeline but come to find out that photo is six days old and now I look like a total creep.

I've taken the time to learn the in's and out's of Instagram and all of these changes are really messing with my online persona. I pay careful attention to what time of day I post a picture and how it correlates to the number of likes a get. I carefully study the types of pictures I post and how it corresponds to the number of comments I receive. But y'all have thrown me for a loop with all of your updates and I am struggling.

But that is enough complaining for now...I would like to commend you. While the new option to add a story is a bit of a snap chat knock off...its way cooler. The option to live stream has made for some quality entertainment. You also came up with the solution to the age old dilemma of not knowing whether you should risk posting a tacky collage or have to double post with the new multiple picture option.

With all that being said I do admire you for your constant innovation and drive to be the best but there are a few things I wish that you would bring back just for old times sake.

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