How to Use Instagram Stories Without Creeping Anyone Out

How to Watch Instagram Stories Without Being a Creep
Those bubbles at the top of your feed play by different rules than static posts
Zara Stone
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4 min read·
Dec 19, 2019
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Illustration: Evan Weselmann
In the four years since Instagram launched Stories, the video clips that display as small bubbles atop users’ feeds have become extremely popular. In January 2019, 500 million people posted or viewed Instagram Stories daily, up 66% from 2017…
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Written by Zara Stone
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Tech+Culture f/lance journo. www.zarastone.net Bylines: OneZero, Marker, Atlantic, Forbes, etc. Author: The Future of Science Is Female https://bit.ly/stm202
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