Earlier this year in February, Instagram started testing a
feature that would inform the users if someone took a screenshot of their Story
posts. The feature was in beta testing and only select users were part of it.
The feature was met with backlash as users had grown used to
taking screenshots of Story posts for whatever it is they intended to do with
them.
It's one of the things that made people prefer Instagram
Story mode over Snapchat Stories as the latter has always had
screenshot-warning built-into it.
It seems Instagram has decided to hear its users on this
one. According to BuzzFeed who heard from Instagram, the feature is being
pulled back and won't be rolling out to anyone.
Now, people can go back to taking screenshots of all the
Instagram Story posts as much as they want. Do know that taking screenshots of
privately sent posts will still inform the sender.
Now, if only Instagram would hear its users about that
chronological timeline.
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