Instagram is introducing a new way to engage with Stories. The Instagram has added a new Private Story Likes feature that allows users to like Instagram Stories of others without sending a direct message (DM).
Users had only options to re-share the stories or reply to them with a comment.
Also, responses shared on an Instagram Story were display in the DM inbox of the users.
Now you can mark their likes for the Stories without cluttering their DM inbox.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announce the rollout of Private Story Likes functionality via a video on Twitter.
❤️ Private Story Likes ❤️
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) February 14, 2022
Starting to roll out today, you can now send some love by liking people’s stories without sending a DM.
Likes on stories are private and do not have counts. Rather, they appear as hearts next to people’s handles in your Stories view sheet. 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/l56Rmzgnnw
Now you can engage with a Story by tapping the heart icon, like a regular feed post.
Tapping the like button place between Send Message option and the paper airplane icon doesn’t send a DM notification to the user.
Unlike regular Instagram posts, Private Story Likes will not show a count.
They will appear in the viewer sheet, not in your DM thread with them.
The latest Private Story Likes feature was unveile as part of Instagram’s efforts to improve the messaging experience on the platform.
Instagram had added a set of new features to make it easier for users to remove posts, comments, and other activities from the platform.
This allows users to bulk delete or archive all of their content including posts, Stories, IGTV, and Reels along with their interactions like comments, likes, story sticker reactions, etc.
Also, Instagram lets users filter their content and interactions by date and search for past comments, likes, and stories replies from a specific date range in the Your Activity section.
