Meta says Instagram is testing a change with select users that turns video posts into Reels, as part of “efforts to simplify and improve the video experience”
Instagram is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
TechCrunch Aisha Malik
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Discussion
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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Instagram is now making EVERY video a Reel h/t @ChristinaSBG https://twitter.com/...
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@camp1015
Casey
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I'm convinced Meta executives wake up everyday and decide new ways to make their platforms less user friendly. https://twitter.com/...
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@christinasbg
Christina Jovanna Olivarez
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Well this is interesting. I'm assuming @instagram is finally going to consolidate video post and now make every video into a REEL. I was about to upload a static video post I created on Canva to one of my accounts and just got this notification. @MattNavarra https://twitter.com/.…
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@justin_ling
Justin Ling
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Ah, yes, Facebook Reels, the thing that everybody loves and are desperate to have monetized. https://twitter.com/...
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@ruebeshbhai
@ruebeshbhai
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Instagram's new update sucks.
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@seyitaylor
@seyitaylor
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the tiktokification of instagram continues. https://twitter.com/...
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@jeeveswilliams
@jeeveswilliams
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what 😐 so you literally can't upload non-9:16 formats anymore? if you do they'll just get letterboxed into the vertical format? that's wild. https://twitter.com/...
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@officalratskinz
@officalratskinz
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I'm about to delete @instagram! The new update feed is horrible. Nobody asked for a change! I use Instagram everyday and now I can't even work it. Please bring back the old feed.
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@michaelmiraflor
@michaelmiraflor
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Feels like IG Stories is now a quiet escape from my chaotic main feed which feels like random Times Square now (vs the other way around). There is like, zero actual photography. I now feel the need to unfollow a ton of accounts to get control back. Big woof.
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@bookseeb_
Michael
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this new instagram “immersive” feed has gotta be one of the worst updates to an app i have ever seen lol
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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The new Instagram update. Wow. It looks like crappy TikTok.
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@michaelmiraflor
@michaelmiraflor
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My IG finally updated and most of the in-feed posts are... Reels? Even the photos are now mostly giant 9:16 (same size as IG Stories) or 3:4 ratio? Almost no influencer-type content. Just feels super random and chaotic. I dunno, man.
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@daveleeft
Dave Lee
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Remember this next earnings when Mark Zuckerberg talks about how the number of Reels went up a lot... https://twitter.com/...