Instagram has announced a small but important innovation for Stories. These can now finally be provided with a like without appearing in the creator’s chat. In contrast to classic likes, there is a special feature here, because not everyone can see the “Story Likes”.
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Instagram Stories get private likes
While reels have become increasingly important on Instagram lately, people try not to forget the old features of the social media platform. Now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has officially confirmed that too Add a reaction to stories can become. Some users have been able to do this since the beginning of the year, and the test is now being rolled out worldwide as a normal feature.
In contrast to likes for photos or videos, Instagram has come up with a special feature for “story likes” because they are not publicly displayed as such. Instead of this only the story creator sees which person has given a like. The number of likes is not even listed (source: Adam Mosseri).
So far, it has often been a bit annoying to get reactions to your own Instagram stories. Whether it was a quick emoji or a message, each story reply was sent to the creator via a private message (DM), giving the Chat quickly confusing made. But that’s over now.
Users do not have a large selection of the type of likes, because that is all there is usual heart symbol to disposal. Instagram has not revealed whether this will remain the case in the future.
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This is how Likes are assigned on Instagram Stories
As soon as the new function is activated in the apps, it appears in the Instagram Stories a heart icon between the Send Message text box and the paper airplane icon. A simple tip is then enough to give the like, just like with a post in the Instagram feed.