Instagram Announces Direct, Lets You Send Photos and Videos To Select Users
Posted by Faridah Demola-Seriki on Thursday, December 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There have been numerous reports in the past few weeks about Instagram launching a private messaging service before 2014. Today, CEO Kevin Systrom somewhat confirmed all that by announcing Instagram Direct.
This new service lets you share photos and videos with up to 15 friends. Think Snapchat meets Instagram (also think Snapchat competitor, like the way they gave Vine a run for their money back in June by adding video)
With this feature, you can share your photo or video with selected friends in the ‘Share To’ section of the app. There, you can select up to 15 of your friends to share your post with.
Every “moment” you share this way will be put in an inbox so they you see them on a separate feed. Of course, you can only send these to people you follow. If you don’t follow a user, they’ll get a request from you. Also, you can choose to receive direct moments from people without following them (not sure why you’d want to do that), and if you just don’t want to receive anything from there, the request will be left pending. When a user has seen your photo or video, you’ll see a check mark next to it. Users can also like each other’s moments. One thing to note is you cant send these moments with just text. However, the you can send your photo or video with text like regular posts.
It all sounds pretty neat! I am concerned about privacy though, so I’ll definitely be looking out for updates to the Privacy Policy. What do you think about this new feature? Let us know!
To get the feature, simply update your app on iOS or Android.
Source: Engadget
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Faridah Demola-Seriki
Faridah Seriki has been interested in technology since she got her hands on a desktop when she was eight. She founded Technesstivity after releasing a successful blog she made for class combining her passion for both journalism and technology. Faridah graduated from Vivian Fowler in 2009 and lives in New York where she graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism
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