SAN FRANCISCO – Your Instagram Story is about to get more interesting, as the social network has unveiled three new features, ready to discover now. From sharing posts to new stickers, these options help further boost engagement on the platform.
Good news for influencers! Instagram has finally rekindled its collaboration with Twitter. As of November 3, it’s effectively possible to share your Instagram post on Twitter. The social network, which is part of the Facebook group – which recently changed its name to Meta – announced the good news on Twitter.
Twitter has also further embraced YouTube, allowing playback of the platform’s videos to launch directly on the social network. Building connections between platforms in this way is helping to promote sharing and interactivity across social media.
Instagram seems particularly keen on fostering engagement with its new tools. One of the latest options is “Add Yours,” a new sticker found in the Story format, letting users create public threads or chains where people can respond by adding photos relating to the proposed content.
To further foster engagement on the platform, Instagram has finally rolled out the “Link” sticker to all its users. Initially available for verified accounts, any user can now insert a hyperlink with this new sticker, available in the Story format.
The social network chose to replace the “Swipe-up” function, reserved for verified accounts and those with more than 10,000 followers, with the “Link” sticker to offer a better way of sharing links directly in Stories.
Still, users should be careful when using the “Link” sticker. Instagram has suggested that this option could be removed if a user violates the rules of the platform by sharing too much fake news or hate speech.
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