Instagram is stopping some people from posting feed photos to stories
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is disabling the ability to share (and reshare) posts from your feed to stories as part of a test 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, Social Media Today writes. We've reached out to Instagram for specifics on exactly which countries are participating and will update if we hear more.
We hear from our community that they want to see fewer posts in Stories," the notification starts. During this test, you won't be able to add a feed post to your Story." Resharing posts to stories is a fairly common practice, though it does create situations where you'll see a post in your feed and...