Now that Instagram pictures are in higher quality, should they still be banished to this section?

Does it still really make sense to have have social media pics posted in this Extra section when they are now as high quality as they are? Maybe we should go back to having all celebrity pics posted in the Celebrity Photos section...

 

Good question. I'll stick this thread and members can throw in their opinion.

 

I meant to write 'higher quality' in the title btw. Instagram pics are now 1080x1080 and I think higher bit somethingorother too. Smartphone cameras have also improved quite a lot

 

They stay in this section.

 

They are not THAT high quality.Here is better IMO.

 

Exactly what I am fearing.

Besides, the majority of content on the celeb profiles is still in the "old" quality. Also I think many celebrities don't want to publish HQ pictures of their lifes... unless they want to, most likely because they are "celebs" only in the social media world that is IG.

Also, was there any kind of fallout after the split a couple of months back? I recall the discussion thread went on and on and some ad hominem attacks started but I must say I do not remember a change in the quality of the content before and after the split. The complainers were loud, but that was it. The the high quality content of the celeb section on forum.phun.org persevered.

 

How do I download instagram pics in HQ?

 

An idea is to open it in a browser, inspect element, and find the source. Then open that link in a tab and save the picture.

You'll see something like this

Code:

<div class="-cx-PRIVATE-Photo__placeholder" data-reactid=".0.1.0.0.0.$1032910268185755763.$https=2//igcdn-photos-b-a=1akamaihd=1net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51=12885-15/11372147_796332767131097_785305939_n=1jpg.0:0.0">
<img class="-cx-PRIVATE-Photo__image" id="pImage_14" src="[B][SIZE=4]https://igcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.2885-15/11372147_796332767131097_785305939_n.jpg[/SIZE][/B]" 
data-reactid=".0.1.0.0.0.$1032910268185755763.$https=2//igcdn-photos-b-a=1akamaihd=1net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51=12885-15/11372147_796332767131097_785305939_n=1jpg.0:0.0.$pImage_14"></div>

You want the big, bold part.

On topic now, I'm for keeping them here. It feels better, regardless of picture quality.

 

Another, imho easier way is to click on the symbol (whichever it is exactly before the http* in the address bar). For Firefox:

1. Visit an instagram page, say https://instagram.com/p/5WGHyJK1W1/
2. As stated, click on the symbol right before the http, here:
   
3. Click on "more info"
4. Go to the "media" tab.
5. Find the picture in the listed media files, download it.

 

P.S. I should clarify that this was not meant to be a deciding poll, we are not really planning to do this. This thread just popped up and I thought it was worthy of some discussion and so I stuck it. If a ton of people want Instragram pictures in the Celebrity Photos Section then we can consider that, but for now we don't have any intention of changing the rules. I should have stated all of the earlier but I forgot, sorry about that.

Anyway, feel free to share your opinions and any other thoughts you might have on the subject.

 

here.

 

Ha! I had no idea till now what Celeb Extra section was for!

 

Another advice on getting the bigger version of pictures:
1. Make sure you use browse through iconosquare
2. Right click -> Show picture (so that you can see the URL the actual url)
2. Where in the URL it says "/s640x640/", you just change it to "/s1080x1080/", and hit enter - and there you go.

Please notice that he user who has uploaded the picture must have used to latest version of instagram or else they're just upload the 640x640px version.

 

Here!

 

I'm glad to hear that Instagram finally upgraded the picture quality from "disgusting" to "acceptable", but I agree that they should still be kept to this section.

 

This forum was created for social media and other topical celeb discussion. Image resolution was never a determining factor.