Instagram has for years resisted calls for a ‘regramming’ feature – the equivalent of a retweet, in which users would be able to share posts from other accounts. Currently, you can only share public Stories in which you have been mentioned, unless you use a third-party app …
The company has always said that although it recognizes many people want to repost, it wants to keep your feed ‘focused on the people you know’ rather than third-party content. That may be about to change, however, as The Verge obtained screenshots showing that the feature was being tested – and was able to learn a little more.
As with all tests, there’s no way to know whether this feature will be rolled out more widely. Even if it is, that doesn’t mean it will come to everyone.
Two other Instagram tests were discovered yesterday.
