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(Pocket-lint) – Instagram, owned by Meta, is introducing a new way to interact with Instagram Stories: you can now send a “Like” response.
Previously, you could only reply to a story by sending the creator a direct message or an emoji reaction — and both of those replies cluttered the creator’s message inbox. Now now.
With the addition of likes, Instagram is not only giving users more ways to interact with stories, but it hopes to make creators’ inboxes more manageable. That’s because instead of scrolling through their inbox to see which viewers “liked” a story, creators can simply go to a story’s view sheet to see the data. Here’s what else you need to know about story likes — including how they work.
I like private history
Starting today, you can now send some love by liking people’s stories without sending a DM.
Likes on stories are private and don’t count. Instead, they appear as hearts next to people’s handles in your Stories view sheet. pic.twitter.com/l56Rmzgnnw
