Instagram tests disabling option for users to share feed posts to Stories
Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is
conducting a test which stops some users from sharing feed posts within their
Stories.
The new experiment is to see how it changes engagement with the
popular feature.
The company announced the change in a notification banner sent to
users in "select countries" where the test is being conducted, The
Verge reported on late Tuesday.
"We hear from our community that they want to see fewer posts
in Stories. During this test, you won't be able to add a feed post to your
Story," the notification reads.
Resharing posts to stories is a fairly common practice, though it
does create situations where you'll see a post in your feed and then
immediately see that post duplicated in your friend's stories, the report said.
Taking away the ability to reshare is responding to a behaviour Facebook and Instagram encouraged
in the first place by placing stories so prominently in the app and offering
the ability to share them, it added.
For now, disabling reshares remains a test, much like the changes
to likes the company considered and the variety of new app layouts it has
prototyped.
Twitter is also currently testing the ability to share tweets to Instagram stories as
stickers.
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