IGTV, Stories, Reels, Feed posts and videos – it’s getting pretty cluttered on Instagram! In an aim to simplify the user experience on the platform and “reduce the bloating”, Instagram has announced that it will […]
If you have an Instagram account, then you are well aware that close friends is a feature that allows users to create an exclusive list of friends to share private stories with. We believe it […]
After the success of Snapchat’s Snap Map, it seems that Instagram is here to, ehm, liberally adapt the feature for its own platform. Referred to as a somewhat generic ‘Map Search’, the feature so far […]
As much as the Menlo Park giant wants to position Reels as the platform to be for the best short-video content, Instagram’s top asset is still Stories. And maybe bridging the gap between those two […]
At the end of each month, we at Netizency study the popular conversations happening in social media across the Gulf to highlight the most relevant trends and analyze the discussions in the GCC’s public sphere. […]
This is huge. Say goodbye to the ‘Swipe Up’ mechanic as the only link feature in IG Stories—the new link sticker is here! Honestly, the swipe up was probably one of the most over-engineered features […]
Facebook’s increasingly tighter integration is not only about business and messaging anymore. In its battle against TikTok, Facebook is now bringing Instagram Reels to the main FB app, to directly tap into its massive combined […]
At the end of each month, we at Netizency study the popular conversations happening in social media across the Gulf to highlight the most relevant trends and analyze the discussions in the GCC’s public sphere. […]
If we are to measure the maturity of short-video platforms with the maximum length they allow for their videos, then Instagram Reels just celebrated their digital birthday. Just last week, Instagram announced the extension of […]
Instagram (and Facebook in general) has had a pretty straightforward strategy towards multilanguage content: making sure everyone can understand it. From instant translations to dynamic language, the Menlo Park giant has always been pioneering tools […]
