The controversial change of Instagram logo

The controversial change of Instagram logo
In 2016 Instagram launched a very different logo from the previous one, although maintaining an essence and also changing its design a bit in the mobile application. From the official Instagram blog, they explained that they wanted to reflect the vibrant and creative ways in which the community shares their stories through Instagram and the family of applications.

In this way, the camera that users were so used to was redesigned with simpler lines and anonymous Instagram story viewer the background was removed, now showing only a rainbow effect, but filled and gradient.

This use of gradients, not so common among designs because of how vibrant it is, made many users show their disappointment with today's surprise, comparing it with Paint or Word designs and creating memes about it, showing their discontent. In any case, today the Instagram logo is already perfectly accepted by all users.