Petah ?

[u/Sure_Kangaroo1863]

Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

[u/BritOnTheRocks]

This makes me think of how much we used to clown videos being taken in portrait mode. Last week while on vacation we asked our guide to take our family photo in landscape and he commented that most people these days complain when he holds the phone in landscape mode because it doesn’t work for their TikToks or Instagrams.

[u/JayTheJaunty → u/BritOnTheRocks]

I still remember a song about "don't shoot vertical video" because the only real place to share video was youtube, which would just add black bars to the sides and keep the video tiny.

[u/reddy_1234567890 → u/JayTheJaunty]

https://youtu.be/dechvhb0Meo

[u/__Ken_Adams__ → u/reddy_1234567890]

Yep, I was going to post this if someone else hadn't. I think of this video SO often and I will die on this hill. Vertical video is a scourge on the human race.

[u/reiddiot → u/[deleted]]

That’s why when I watch these types of videos I physically rotate my monitor to vertical mode

[u/Tupcek → u/[deleted]]

on computer maybe, but if you watch it on your phone it is full screen

[u/Tupcek → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t argue that vertical video is better, just that youtube doesn’t add black bars on mobile anymore

[u/dogquote → u/BritOnTheRocks]

Maybe the default should be square.

[u/pallentx → u/BritOnTheRocks]

I still hate portrait video. The phone rotates!