Like Instagram Reels, the new feature seems to copy offerings from a different platform.
Instagramused to be the station where you posted a singlephoto of your food , or a selfie , or all your supporter together on the beach . It was meant , at least by my rendition of the name , to be a position where you could promptly divvy up a snippet of your life sentence or interests and see your Friend share the same . It has undergone a serial of transformations in the 12 years since the app launched .
When Facebook acquired the social media platform , your provender transformed repeatedly . First came the ads , then stories , then the suggest post , then Reels . The app tries to offer the features of every other platform , offeringTikTok - style videosand Snapchat - style DMs . It seems like Instagram went from a position where you could see photo from your friend ’s weekend trip upstate to where you get commercialise a 35 - second video on why you should engage a cabin upstate .
Now , as yet another unexampled societal medium platform gains popularity , Instagram is rumored to be examine out a way to mime its own version . BeReal , a French app launched in 2020 , is a breath of fresh air , a political program that offers users a chance to post once a day and see unfiltered unposed moments from ally .
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According toMashable , Instagram is already internally testing a unexampled feature in the app that will extend something very alike . Instagram Candid Challenges will remind users to take a selfie at a random point in the day . Just like in BeReal , you ’ll have two minutes to send your picture once you are notified . An Instagram representative confirmed toEngadgetthat the feature was being tested . That does n’t intend it will make its way into our provender , but do n’t be surprised if it does .
Most of the modification Instagram has made to offer the features of other apps have beenpoorly received . the great unwashed liked what the original Instagram App had to offer . in person , I choose to have different apps for different purposes . I initially loved Instagram precisely because it was n’t anything like Facebook . I was n’t being suggested posts or friends or products . I got to curate my feed . I care TikTok because I go in not knowing what to expect but desire for cat videos . I like BeReal because there ’s no racket , not much scrolling , and a direct connection to people I really talk to .
Like my mom told me when I was in gamy schooltime , comparing myself to other girl and pop champion : You do n’t need to be anyone else . You ’re staring as your unique self . Instagram , take a note from Tracey , and consider being comfortable with your own skin ( technological features and algorithmic rule ) .
