Social Media Erupts Over New Instagram Update
PHILADELPHIA (CBS Local) — Instagram won't get many double taps for their newest update. The social media site updated their app on Thursday and users weren't too happy.
The update now has users tap or swipe horizontally through their feed, versus vertically.
The updated app looks like how users scroll through the Instagram story feature.
Within hours of the release, Instagram had already apologized for the update and rolled it back.
Many users took to Twitter to vent their feelings.
people: the new instagram update is ugly.
— philip???? (@mariahscracker) December 27, 2018
*instagram 2 mins later changing it back*
instagram: pic.twitter.com/DDdtJesqDq
This new Instagram tap/slide update.. pic.twitter.com/ZbSOLK2RuH
— Beto Veloz (@robbwired) December 27, 2018
Trying to scroll through the new Instagram. pic.twitter.com/kZkktfiHqQ
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) December 27, 2018
when you see the new instagram update pic.twitter.com/nfv9GS0yWX
— amy • she/they (@irlsloth) December 27, 2018
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