A Tale of Thirst and Wanting: Instagram and The Saves We Keep

“The saves that won’t get spoke”- William Evans*Sees that Instagram released an update* Oh, what’s this? “You can now bookmark and save photos.” …Only you can see what you have saved?! Oh… oh my.

*Clutches pearls as screen fades to black* *A piano is heard playing in the distance* *Lights come up*

*off key as fuck* It will be ours…. It will be ours. Thank you for that Mr. Legend. My God, it feels like Instagram got out of a meeting to make a power play and someone said, “You guys, *6 god prayer hands* we know why we’re here and we know why everyone else is here. We’re here for the cosplay, stuntin’, food, fashion, and thirst. That’s Instagram’s whole nutritional pyramid, our purpose in these cyber streets if you will. And the people are sick and tired of having to scroll to find their favorite posts lost out there in the ether of low res memes. I propose this… create a feature that allows users to bookmark and save their favorite photos…and only the user can see them. [Think of the consequences, Octavia! This is Madness!] You’re Goddamn right it’s madness Yusef, but you know what else it is? Refreshing.” Yo, no one app should have all that powwwwwwer. Shh… do y’all feel that? There’s a disturbance in the thirst, man. I sense it but maybe it’s actually an awakening in the thirst, I dunno. All I do know is that this shit going to bring folks together and tear people apart. It’s no longer going to be “lemme see your phone then,” R.I.P. to that mess. From 2016 to be…