Instagram Stories has certainly become a hit, and some people really enjoy sharing everything they’re doing through these 24-hour photos and videos. However, the social network is now testing a new Stories layout that hides excessive posts – which is bad news for creators.

Phil Ricelle, a Brazilian Instagram user (via Tecnoblog), noticed that the Instagram app now only shows three of the Stories shared by other people.

Users can currently post 100 Stories at once. While this number should remain the same despite the change, users who have received the update must tap a “Show All” button to see the rest of the Stories. Otherwise, Instagram jumps to the next person’s Stories.

This brings about a significant change in how Instagram Stories works. As some people are used to tapping the screen to see all Stories from an account at once, this will no longer be possible after the update. For creators, this means that any posts after the third Stories will likely have a lower number of views.

At the same time, limiting the number of Stories displayed in the app should allow users to see posts from more people more quickly if they’re not interested in that content.

Right now, it seems that only a small group of users have received the update with the new Stories layout, so it’s likely that Instagram is still testing these changes before rolling out them to all users. Of course, these changes might never be implemented for everyone.

While this update seems a bit aggressive, perhaps it will make users think more about what they post on Instagram. But again, there are many creators who rely on Instagram as a working tool, so the update will certainly have a negative impact for those people.

Olha só como está. Pra ver todos tem de clicar no “Mostrar tudo” pic.twitter.com/cHrHL6enUD

— Phil Ricelle (@philricelle) May 17, 2022

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