Instagram Is Reportedly Rolling Out a Reposting Feature for Stories
Since the app launched back in 2010, Instagram users have been looking for an easy way to share other people's posts on their own feeds — first with the Repost app and now, thanks to the introduction of Instagram Stories, via screenshot. Finally, as the platform nears its eighth birthday, the powers that be at Instagram HQ have reportedly hatched a plan to make reposting easier for all. According to screenshots sent by an IG user to TechCrunch, a few lucky 'grammers can now add other people's posts to their own Stories using a new feature within the app.
TechCrunch reports that any public Instagram post (no Stories and no posts from private accounts) can be added to your Story with just a few taps — as long as you're one of the few users with the new sharing option. Once you've added the post to your Story, you can reportedly move and resize the image, "highlight or downplay" the original poster's username, and decorate the post and background with the usual Instagram Story stickers, text boxes, and drawing tools. People who look at your Story can tap the embedded post to find a "See Post" tag that will take them to the original post. Though you may not have access to the reposting feature yet, there's a good chance that if your account is public, you do already have the option in the Settings menu to toggle "Allow Resharing to Stories" on or off.
"We're always testing ways to make it easier to share any moment with friends on Instagram," an Insta spokesperson told TechCrunch.
The 'gram has seriously been stepping up its game in recent months. Since the beginning of 2018, they've added Type Mode and GIF stickers — though the latter has been temporarily disabled since a racist GIF was discovered on the platform — and earlier this month, it was rumored that voice and video calling capabilities will be added to the app in the near future. Soon enough, you'll literally never have a reason to leave the Instagram app.
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