Instagram appears to be testing the waters with messages that disappear after a period of time, much like competing messaging app Snapchat. Photo-based social network Instagram is launching Instagram Stories, a feature that enables users to share and augment photos that are intended to stick around for no more than 24 hours. The move is being received as a measure to harness the appeal of temporary messaging network Snapchat in a style that fits in with Instagram's own ethos. Text, digital stickers, and drawings can be added to images filed to Instagram Stories; comments take the form of private Direct Messages, and Instagram's announcement encourages users not to worry about "overposting." "Instagram has always been a place to share the moments you want to remember.

Source: dna August 03, 2016 05:03 UTC