HAMMER ON INSTAGRAM PLATFORM DELETES
FUNCTION – FIRST USERS ARE ALREADY AFFECTED
Instagram is planning a big change. Some users of the app have, therefore, already had to do
without a story and feed function.
Dortmund – Looking at published photos as a story or post is just as much a part of daily work
for many members as sharing pictures and videos yourself. But the social media service could
soon thwart all the so-called influencers.
Instagram: Will users soon have to do without special functions?
Instagram is no longer just a private photo album but also their main job for some users. As
influencers, they get paid to promote products in their stories and posts. However, this could
become more difficult in the future.
In the story, celebrities like Mario Götze's wife Ann-Kathrin Götze not only end up on Instagram
with snapshots that should be deleted after 24 hours but also posts with advertising that you want
to draw the attention of your followers too. Many members of the social media app do not seem
to see any added value in this. So the developers are now making short work of it.
Because for some users, this function should no longer exist. The company is responding to
criticism from some users. Because while this option is primarily intended to help influencers to
get more "likes," the fans now seem to be annoyed by it.
Instagram: Social media app responds to criticism from the community
As posts on Twitter show, a test from Instagram is currently running. The company has
deactivated the function of sharing posts in the story for some users.
The selected subjects are informed of the change via a notification in the app, as social media
expert Matt Navarra shows in a screenshot on Twitter. In it, the Facebook subsidiary writes that
it is reacting to the negative feedback. "We hear from our community that they want to see fewer
feed posts in Stories. It is therefore not possible for you to share a post in your story during the
test."
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