Instagram today rolled out a new redesign for its app. The redesign completely changes how Instagram works — it turns the feed into a horizontally scrollable feed, much like how the Stories format work.
You are able to tap through posts and switch between posts like stories, and there’s also a progress bar at the top that shows how many posts you have seen in your current feed. Pulling up on a post takes you to the comments, and you can like/share/save posts like before.
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No, @instagram, no. pic.twitter.com/vglfW05cC7
— jackson hayes (@jacksonhvisuals) December 27, 2018
Instagram has been testing the feature since October, and the company rolled it out to more users today. The rollout led to a ton of quick backlash from Instagram users, who definitely aren’t a fan of the new design:
https://twitter.com/shadefuls/status/1078318632080474113
We love a Bird Box meme:
https://twitter.com/HartEdition/status/1078317611140685824
#instagramupdate
Me after i did the Instagram update pic.twitter.com/ZqWFVkPGVs— Shan (@shanuddin889) December 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/1DJFirstClass/status/1078317784776495104
It looks like Instagram might have released the update to everyone by mistake. The company has now pulled the update for everyone after the quick backlash, likely because it was only meant to be tested with a small number of users. Still, there’s a good chance the update will make a comeback in the future, but this backlash should be a good indicator to Instagram as to how terrible this idea is.
https://twitter.com/LearrickL/status/1078318264210608128
Crisis averted. For now.