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Instagram is a popular photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Meta (formerly known as Facebook Inc). It is a widely used platform and has millions of active users globally.
The platform has introduced a Private Story Likes feature which will allow users to like Instagram Stories without sending a DM (or Direct Message). Previously, whenever a user reacted to Stories, it was sent as a message.
However, the latest update will display the hearts next to the user’s handles in your Stories view sheet. If you want to know how you can react to someone’s Instagram Story, read the article till the end as we have listed the steps to do so.
How to React on Instagram Stories without sending messages?
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the Private Story Likes feature via a video on Twitter. He explained how the feature will work and how it will help declutter the inbox of Instagram users.
So basically, when you tap on the like button, the reaction would not be sent as a DM to the user. The counts of the private story will not be displayed. The likes will appear in the viewer sheet, not in the DM thread.
Here’s how you can like Instagram Stories.
- Update the Instagram from Play Store or App Store.
- Once updated, open the application on your device.
- Visit the story you want to like.
- When you open the story, you will see a new heart icon before the arrow icon for DMs.
- Tap on the heart icon to like the story.
Done, you have successfully liked the story.
The owner of the story will know that you have liked the story in the viewer sheet of the story and they will not receive a DM. Also, the likes on stories don’t have counts. These likes will appear as hearts next to that person’s handle in your stories view sheet.
Conclusion
So, this is how you can react to Instagram Stories without sending Direct Messages (or DMs). We hope the article helped you in using the Private Story Likes feature.
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You can easily like a story on the platform. To do so, Update the Application >> Open the App on your device >> Visit a user’s story at the top of the homepage >> Click on the heart icon at the bottom to like it.
