Colorful Squares Feature, part XXXXIV

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I'm not sure if this has been said yet, but I'm sure many are thinking it either way.

I think we can all agree that square photos can be great. It takes some ingenuity to accomplish a successful rule-of-thirds composition within that 3x3 frame. And when it works, it's a beautiful thing. There is a certain... natural, nostalgic aesthetic about it. Since the passing of Polaroid it has gained even more new found appreciation.

A frame full of just one vibrant color can be visually interesting, too. It will really stand out on it's own. Arrange dozens of them on one page, however, and it's difficult to appreciate originality of just one, because they all look the same!

It would be hypocritical of me to bash these ideas entirely. But does anyone else think that this approach has been getting an absurd amount of attention and maybe even undermining content or thought?

Come on, dudes. We can do better. There's some better stuff out there to share and higher level ideas to try out. Just because square thumbnails line up nicely in an article and oblong deviations are shrunk to inconvenient sizes doesn't mean attention should be limited to the former.
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