Instagram is testing the ability to publish publications again, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The measure is not a surprise, as was the social network stained development The characteristic since 2022.
Some users have He informed having seen The characteristic in their accounts, with a pointing out that users You can publish your own content in addition to the publications of other users.
On the other hand, some people will welcome the change that will allow them to share and amplify interesting content as they do on other platforms.
Allle that you can currently share someone in your story, this next refueling functionality will allow you to restart the publication in the Instagram feed. In addition, some people currently use alternative solutions and third -party applications to publish content again, so an official reorganization characteristic would eliminate the need to find alternatives.
As for the creators, the refueling functionality could be a way to increase their scope and discovery. In addition, Instagram is flooded with memes and repossed photos that, if not accrediting the original posters, so the addition of a reposte characteristic could help ensure that creators receive credit when their content is widely shared.
It makes sense that Instagram introduces the ability to publish again, especially since the format has been adopted by other social networks such as threads and Tiktok. It is worth noting that the reposts were popular for the introduction of Twitter of The “retweet” function In 2009.
As with any other test function, it is unknown when or if Instagram plans to launch its repost functionality to all users.
