Do you remember the Messenger statuses? Well, on Instagram they seem to have been inspired by the old Microsoft messaging application to give life to its new function. Now, the Meta photography social network allows you to configure a message on your profile so that others know what you are up to.
And yes, your followers have multiple ways of finding out what you are doing. Reels, Stories and traditional publications. But if you need a new way to express yourself, here is the new Instagram feature.
“Define a status for 24 hours so that others know what you are doing,” says Instagram when introducing the function. It also clarifies that only the followers you also follow will be able to see the statuses. This means that, in a way, the display of the message will be limited to the followers with whom you have the closest link.
How to put a status on Instagram
Setting a status is very easy. Simply go to Instagram, click on your profile photo in the lower right corner and tap on Define a status . The application will provide you with some suggested options such as “Happy 😃”, “Busy”, “Working” or “Celebrating”.
You also have the ability to set your own custom status. In this way you can unleash your creativity to put the message you want, with emojis and symbols. Although, of course, you have a limited space to express yourself, it is not going to be that you want to write a story.
Once configured, your status will be shown to your followers (also followed) under your name on your profile, in the chat window and under your photo in the Stories circles. If one of them is visiting your profile, they can tap on it to reply directly and generate a conversation with you immediately.
Interestingly, Instagram has started to roll out this feature by surprise. There is no official information about it on its official blog or Meta's. However, some users seem to be receiving it, so everything seems to indicate that sooner or later it will reach everyone with an account on the platform.
