A bit of light editing and there's no reason it can't be suitable for IG Highlights. That being said - I'm no expert and like you I'm still figuring this all out. I do agree with the others though that I wouldn't use it for the Grid. Only because none of the IG Testimonials have anything like this - unless it's Suit & Tie, Red Carpet etc. Earlier in the year Mike was talking with Alex PWF and Markus Wolf about such kinds of photos. He said that a tactic you could employ for preselection is the 'paparazzi' photo. i.e. The Photo of the Photo (see below). Here they're posing for another camera but you use the third person angle. This contributes even more to a sense of higher status / preselection.

The irony of his latest special being called 'Gaslit' ... How does Akaash ever do crowd work now when anyone can just hit him with 'popping pussy' jokes. Flagrant team are fully taking the 'watch and wait' approach. They just released a pod with Dana White and the comments section is nothing but Akaash comments. Also well done on noticing the Neanderthal comment. Never made that connection before cause it was so subtle.

Important to bear in mind that Not Guilty =/= Innocent

@Brett Stringfellow by that logic why would anyone have any conversation? Why does Michael have a podcast at all?

@Brett Stringfellow That's called Begging the Question. You're presuming the two people in question agree on absolutely everything - which having heard Rollo's most recent Rational Male episodes, I can assure you they don't. And even if they did, what's wrong with hearing two aligned people discussing ideas together? The entire PUA / Seduction community - going back to the early-mid 2000s in the SoSuave forums - was founded on that entire premise. Guys coming together to 'share notes'. And it's also important to bear in mind the need for 'Spaced Repetition'. It's always worth hearing the same message repeated over time. Heck people don't go to church once and have Christianity figured out - they make it a weekly practice. That's how people learn. I'd highly recommend the book 'Make it Stick' if you haven't already read it. Action may be the catalyst for growth, but without guidance you're essentially navigating without a roadmap.