Brennan, the meme librarian, said the rise of Instagram’s text-heavy meme pages was reminiscent of the early years of Tumblr, the blogging platform that was popular in the late 2000s and early ...

Text-heavy meme posts have started sweeping through Instagram. The posts are from Instagram accounts such as, clockwise from top left, @mybloodyvirginia, @shawtydisorder, @puddle_boot, @on_a ...

Meanwhile, it punishes Pages that ask people Like their posts, and post "low-quality" memes. The update could drive more traffic to reputable Pages while strangling spammers.

Or to collage separate text posts with screenshots from popular TV shows and movies, as in the “text post” meme: the juxtaposition of “Parks and Recreation’s” Tom Haverford + random ...