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With DM usage on the rise on Instagram, the platform is now adding some new DM engagement features to spice up your private chats. First off, Instagram’s adding drawing tools and stickers for images shared in DMs, providing another way…

Because originality is overrated. Or sensitivity around it is. I don’t know. Either way, this week, TikTok has launched a new option to share a short, text-based “thought” in the app, that’s then displayed in a speech bubble type display…

So, Instagram’s apparently decided that its Broadcast Channels shouldn’t be just for broadcasting anymore? As you can see in this example, posted by Allie Mason, some Broadcast Channel creators now have the option to switch on replies in their channel,…

Instagram’s rolling out another way to encourage more interaction, this time via comments on Stories, which are then visible to all who view that Story content. As you can see in this example sequence, shared by Taylor Loren, some IG…

This could prompt a significant shift in your IG posting strategy. As you may have noticed in the app, Instagram is currently testing a new vertical grid display on user profiles, which switches from the traditional square-shaped thumbnail images to…

An article from The update would add more assurance for those using direct messaging on the app. Instagram’s looking to provide more assurance for temporary message senders, with a new feature that would block screenshots of temporary DMs. As you…

An article from Notes have proven especially popular with young users, which is why Instagram continues to provide new ways to engage with them. Instagram’s testing out another way to lean into the popularity of Notes, with some users now seeing…

Over time, more and more engagement on Instagram is shifting to DMs, which Instagram is now trying to lean into with new features like Notes, that are aligned with more private sharing. And it’s also experimenting with an even more…

After years of accusations about Instagram’s impact on teens, and refutations of the same from Meta, the company is looking to allow researchers to conduct an in-depth study of the platform’s impacts on young users, as part of a new…

Just as Instagram adds an interesting, and original music sharing option for Threads, it’s also seemingly experimenting with another feature that’s been copied from another app. According to a finding in the back-end code of the latest IG app, the…