Your phone has an accelerometer in it so that it knows which way is down. Instead of using this knowledge when encoding the photo to JPG, it always encodes the photo the same way, but tagged with metadata saying "When you display this photo, rotate it X degrees". You need to either take the photo with your phone in its natural orientation so it doesn't need that metadata tag OR you need to open the photo in editing software that ignores the metadata tag, rotate the photo to the correct orientation, and save it.
But if I took the photo with the phone vertical, facing the location, isn’t that its “natural orientation”…
At least that explains why it uploads the right way up, but then flips when I “publish”, I suppose! 🤷🏻♂️
Counterpoint, though: I don’t have this problem on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, though (all mobile web, not via their apps) - literally only here, so far…
Gotcha. Doesn’t surprise me. I wasn’t aware 90s Hip-Hop was a big thing down there. But The Bee Gees are from Australia right? I have mostly all their music.
my head doesn't tilt in that direction
But anyway, it’s called “Biggie Smalls”, and has, I kid you not, specialties like “fried chicken, mac and cheese, black eyed peas, and candied yams”…
So… Yeah.
It’s something to do with the site on mobile, for me…
Photo was taken as normal, and uploaded as normal, but then when it actually posts, it goes to sideways…
Not sure why. It happened last time I posted, and I tried it with two different photos this time - both with the same result, so…
Can’t seem to help that, sorry. 😑
If anyone has a “fix”, let me know!
Your phone has an accelerometer in it so that it knows which way is down. Instead of using this knowledge when encoding the photo to JPG, it always encodes the photo the same way, but tagged with metadata saying "When you display this photo, rotate it X degrees". You need to either take the photo with your phone in its natural orientation so it doesn't need that metadata tag OR you need to open the photo in editing software that ignores the metadata tag, rotate the photo to the correct orientation, and save it.
Oh, well that’s very annoying…
But if I took the photo with the phone vertical, facing the location, isn’t that its “natural orientation”…
At least that explains why it uploads the right way up, but then flips when I “publish”, I suppose! 🤷🏻♂️
Counterpoint, though: I don’t have this problem on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, though (all mobile web, not via their apps) - literally only here, so far…
It could be that those sites automatically remove the metadata. You can download the pic from Twitter or wherever and then re-post it here.
Ask u/Smith1980 he had the same issue.
I’m wondering if 90s rap is very popular in Australia? Or more likely pushing the usual nonsense
I have no idea. People are kind of a captive audience at the airport so it's not exactly a free market.
It’s not overly popular here…
At least, if you’re over 25.
Among under-25 women, though? Very much so…
But I don’t think that has much to do with “liking” the music. I think it’s far more “peer pressure” and group conformity than anything else…
Honestly, Melbourne is the kind of place that would do this just to be “edgy” and “woke”, so…
I doubt it’s a popularity thing, at least organically… 🤷🏻♂️
Gotcha. Doesn’t surprise me. I wasn’t aware 90s Hip-Hop was a big thing down there. But The Bee Gees are from Australia right? I have mostly all their music.
Just saw/heard a boss give one of his employees one of the worst dressing downs I’ve ever heard, in front of customers… Fuck… 😑
I’ve experienced that myself. Not good…
Life’s ruff, here, rn, I must say…