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Instagram’s changing again and I’m not sure how to feel about it 👀
Posted by on October 18, 2025 at 8:09 pmSo, Instagram’s been quietly testing a few new updates lately, and they’re… a lot.
Here’s what’s rolling out (or coming soon):
- New layout tabs: Stories + Feed come first, Reels is now the second tab, and DMs are third. You can swipe between them now. Basically: Instagram is officially a Reels + chat app at this point 😂
- Reel translations: You can now translate Reels between English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi, with more languages coming soon. Honestly? This one’s actually cool. Feels like a small step toward more global visibility for creators.
- Teen account changes: Teen accounts will now follow PG-13-style content rules, and there’s even a “Limited Content” option for parents who want extra filters. A good move, but I’m curious how it’ll affect reach for creators with younger audiences.
- Animated profile pics: Still in testing but yep, motion profile pictures might be next. (Because why not?)
Between all this, it feels like Instagram’s trying to be everything at once: a messaging app, a video hub, and a social network. What do you all think? Are these updates actually improving the experience, or just adding more noise for creators and marketers to deal with?
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Facebook and IG both rolled out platform promoted and protected white supremacism, mass false bans, and a neverending flood of featured AI slop and scams earlier this year. They continue to advertise scams to their users on a daily basis. As long as the scammers pay for the ads, Meta doesn’t care. I’m not interested in any of their further or future updates.
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Both fb and insta both rubbish at this point. In fact as go as far to say we are at end game for both social media and hardware tech as we know it. It’s all just swapping buttons around for the sake of updates. We are ready for the next wave
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When zuck eats your wife
He likes it
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these updates are pushing reels and engagement focus prioritize content that sparks interaction use captions and hooks that invite comments and shares keep experimenting with formats short videos and interactive stories tend to get more visibility
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I’m 25 all my friends have pretty much moved on from instagram and are on TikTok now I imagine it will be like Facebook for Gen Alpha where only boomers (millennials?) use it.
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