Tuesday announced Stories, a new way for users to tell theirs.
Stories allows Instagram users to string together
images and videos for a dynamic slide show
presentation that can be shared with friends or
the entire Instagram community.
Rather than sharing pictures and videos
individually with others on the platform, a user
can choose to share them through a story.
Someone following the story simply taps the new
story icon on the Instagram interface to see the
latest addition or to watch it from beginning to end.
Story content can be enhanced with a number of
text and drawing tools. The content is ephemeral: It disappears in 24 hours unless a
user chooses to preserve it.
Stories from people a user follows appear in a
bar across the top of the app's feed screen.
When there's something new to see, a colorful ring appears around the person's profile photo.
Selective Sharing
To view a story, a user taps a person's profile picture.
Moving backward and forward through a
story can be performed with a tap. Movement from story to story can be accomplished with a swipe.
Users can comment on something seen in a story through a private message on Instagram Direct.
There are no "likes" or public comments on story content.
Sharing options for a story are governed by a
user's privacy settings. For example, if an
account's settings are limited to private, only people following an account will see its stories.
However, stories can be hidden selectively from followers, too.
When watching a story, the user who created it can see who else has been watching it with an
upward swipe.
Instagram will roll out the Stories feature globally
on iOS and Android in the next few weeks..
The best part is that you can hide your stories from #Frenemies and also keep haters at bay. Isn't that great?
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